Trump Deletes Racist Video Portraying Obama Couple as Apes

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Donald Trump deleted a racist artificial intelligence-generated video from his Truth Social account after the footage portrayed Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes.The incident drew sharp condemnation from Republican figures like Tim Scott and Susan Collins, while White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt initially defended the clip as a harmless meme.Aides later blamed a staff member for the post as a memecoin inspired by the video reached $4M in trading volume.
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