Trump refuses to apologise for racist clip of Obamas
US President Donald Trump has refused to apologise for a video posted on his Truth Social account depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys, even as outrage over the racist imagery spread across the political spectrum. The one minute clip, which promoted conspiracy theories about Trump’s 2020 election loss to Joe Biden, briefly showed the faces of the Obamas superimposed on monkeys, drawing condemnation from Democrats and senior Republicans. The White House first dismissed criticism as “fake outrage,” describing the clip as an internet meme casting Trump as “King of the Jungle” and Democrats as characters from The Lion King. Hours later officials claimed a staff member had “erroneously” posted the video and said it was taken down, but Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he would not apologise and insisted he had not seen the offensive segment. […]