White House takes down Trump’s racist video about Obamas after outrage over ‘vile, unhinged’ post – live

<p>Multiple outlets cite a senior Trump official as saying, ‘a White House staffer erroneously made the post’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/trump-racist-video-barack-michelle-obama">Trump shares video with racist imagery of Obamas</a></p></li></ul><p>Top Democrats in Congress have condemned Donald Trump for sharing a racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama that depicts them as apes.</p><p>Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, called the president a <strong>“vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder”</strong>. He noted that the Obamas were “brilliant, compassionate and patriotic Americans” who “represent the best of this country”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/feb/06/trump-barack-obama-michelle-truth-social-epstein-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>