White House removes racist Trump post, blames staff error

RTE Friday 6th February 2026, 3:18PM 1 min read 1 month ago

The White House has said that a post on President Donald Trump's social media account sharing a racist video depicting Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as monkeys was made in error by a staff member, and has been removed.

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