Trump criticised over video depicting Obamas as monkeys
US President Donald Trump is facing heavy criticism after posting an election conspiracy video that depicts former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as monkeys. The one minute clip, shared on his Truth Social platform, repeats false claims that Dominion Voting Systems helped steal the 2020 election from Trump. Near the end, the faces of Barack and Michelle Obama briefly appear on the bodies of monkeys while the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight plays in the background. The post drew outrage from leading Democrats and civil rights advocates, who condemned the imagery as racist and dehumanising. California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office described it as disgusting behaviour by the president and urged every Republican to denounce it. Ben Rhodes, a former top national security adviser to Barack Obama, said the video showed Trump and his followers on the wrong […]