Donald Trump on Friday removed a social media post that included a racist meme depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes following fierce backlash, including from within the Republican Party. The US president had posted a video on his Truth Social account hours earlier that sought to cast doubt on the validity of his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden,

President Trump shared a racist video on Truth Social that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, then removed it hours later after bipartisan outrage.

President Trump called GOP Sen. Tim Scott after the South Carolina Republican publicly urged the president to remove a reposted video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes.

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, one of the highest-ranking Black Republicans in Washington, called the video “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.” The White House deleted the video after initially defending it.

"This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King," Karoline Leavitt, the White House press s

President Donald Trump shared a video that includes a racist animation of former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. ABC News' Jay O'Brien reports.

President Donald Trump deleted a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes from his social media platform after a bipartisan outcry, including from Tim Scott, the only Black Republican US senator.

As a black Republican senator calls it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House", the administration says "stop the fake outrage".