US President Donald Trump shared, then deleted, a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys on his Truth Social platform, explains ABC’s Americas editor John Lyons.
The video mainly included debunked conspiracy theories linked to the 2020 US election, which the president has falsely claimed was stolen from him.
The post was deleted despite the White House earlier defending the racist depiction of the former president and first lady as “an internet meme”.
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