Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it

President Donald Trump says he won't apologize for posting a racist video of the Obamas. Trump told reporters that, “I didn't make a mistake,” as he flew to Florida on Friday.

Trump condemned over post depicting Obamas as apes: "Racist and disgusting"

The president shared a video in which the Obamas' faces appear on apes' bodies for about one second.

'I didn't make a mistake' Trump says of post depicting Obamas as apes

"I look at a lot of, thousands, of things," Trump said of the video. "And I looked at the beginning of it, it was fine."

White House removes Trump post with racist footage of Obamas hours after defending it

The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.

Trump faces growing GOP blowback on issues ranging from immigration to his social media posts

Without Trump at the top of the ticket, Republicans are feeling emboldened to push back on policies that might cost them at the ballot box.

State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office

The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.

Ilhan Omar's post on Trump and execution sparks MAGA outrage

Omar called Trump the "leader of the Pedophile Protection Party," saying Somalia would "execute pedophiles not elect them."

Trump declines to apologize for racist Obamas social media post

The White House initially defended the post, which depicted the former president and first lady as apes. Following widespread bipartisan backlash, the post was removed.