'Absolutely Disgusting': Donald Trump Sparks Mass Outrage by Posting Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes

Donald Trump is being slammed for sharing a racist video about Barack and Michelle Obama.

On the night of Thursday, February 5, the current president took to Truth Social to share a video about his unfounded allegations that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Toward the end of the clip, an animated scene sees Barack and Michelle's heads on the bodies of apes as the song the "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" plays.

As the post began to spark outrage online, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt brushed off the drama by stating, "This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King. Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public."

However, around noon local time, the video was deleted, with the White House claiming an unidentified staff member "erroneously" shared it on the commander-in-chief's account.

Gavin Newsom, one of the POTUS' most vocal critics, wrote on X, "Disgusting behavior by the President. Every single Republican must denounce this. Now."

Former Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, who worked in Barack's administration, also condemned the upload by penning, "Let it haunt Trump and his racist followers that future Americans will embrace the Obamas as beloved figures while studying him as a stain on our history."

"I honestly thought this post was fake news. Shocked to learn he really posted it," another person admitted, while a fourth stated, "This is reprehensible. Absolutely disgusting."

Donald has targeted Barack for years, even alleging the 44th president was born in Kenya, when in reality, he was born in Hawaii.

The businessman's distaste for his predecessor was evident last year, as he moved Barack's portrait in the White House from the entryway to a private, limited-access area, a moved many deemed as petty.

Countless people have accused the father-of-five of being jealous of Barack, whom he constantly tries to throw under the bus.

On a 2025 episode of The View, Joy Behar explained, "Obama is everything that he is not: trim, smart, handsome, happily married, can sing ‘Let’s Get Together’ better than Al Green. And Trump cannot stand it. It’s driving him crazy. Green is not a good color [on him]."

Costar Sunny Hostin agreed, expressing, "It’s like Obama still lives rent-free in his head. I think Michelle Obama still lives rent-free in his head. I think the fact that [the Obamas' eldest daughter] Malia graduated from Harvard still lives rent-free in his head, and it’s just the very swag that Obama has that he will never have."