After first dismissing uproar over depiction of Obamas as apes, White House then said it was erroneously posted by staffer
White House officials sought to deflect blame from Donald Trump over a now-deleted video of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as monkeys, causing internal speculation about whether the president or his aide Natalie Harp was responsible for the post.
The brief clip, shared late Thursday night on Trump’s Truth Social account, appeared in a video pushing conspiracies about the 2020 election. Invoking racist tropes, the video depicted the Obamas’ faces superimposed on the bodies of cartoon apes dancing to The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
