Donald Trump REFUSES to apologize for sharing racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama and claims he 'didn't see it'

Daily Mail UK ^ | February 6, 2026 | Stephen M. Lepore

[Morgana]

Donald Trump told reporters he will not apologize for the racist video he shared depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.

The president spoke publicly for the first time since the video was released - to outrage from both Democrats and Republicans - on Air Force One Friday night and maintained he did nothing wrong.

'I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it,' said Trump, noting he 'didn't see' the part where the Obamas were imposed on the bodies of apes.

'What I saw in the beginning was really strong. It was about fraudulent elections. Anytime I see that stuff and it’s credible, you put it up. I didn’t do it. This was done by someone else. It was a re-truth but that was a very strong truth,' Trump added.

Trump also said that the staffer the White House alleged posted the video will not be fired.

He was then asked if he would apologize.

'No, I didn’t make a mistake,' he said.

He also touted his relationship with the black community during his two terms as president.

[Bratch]

From Twitchy:

Cue the Outrage! Lefties Blow a Gasket at Trump for 'Racist' Meme
(Except There's Just One Problem)

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So, what have we learned from all of this? 

First of all, yes. Whoever cut the election fraud video for Trump should have clipped it better. For professionalism, if nothing else. 

Secondly, the original video was not racist. Unless also calling Joe Biden a monkey and Harry Sisson a flamingo is also somehow racist. 

Third and finally, we absolutely do not have to participate in the Democrats' manufactured outrage machine. As Crowder notes, they are fundamentally dishonest. They all posted a screenshot instead of the video because they wanted to gin up hatred and rage.

Never play by their rules. EVER. 

We also should remember that Democrats have spent YEARS calling Clarence Thomas, Tim Scott himself, and any conservative black man who doesn't think like they do 'Uncle Tom.' Not to mention, leftists in Minneapolis are currently calling black ICE officers 'House N-word.' 

And that video is NOT edited or misleadingly clipped. 

You know, just in case any Democrats REALLY want to talk about racism. 

[Wallace T.]

I don't know where you get the statistic that over 150 countries allow slavery. I used Google, Grok, and Bright AI and came up with nothing near that number. De facto chattel slavery does exist in India, Pakistan, and several Muslim countries in Asia and Africa. Unless you stretch the definition of slavery to include other types of coerced labor, the number is nowhere near 150. But the issue is not whether slavery still exists in some Third World countries but the perception of many blacks and some nonblacks based on decades of leftist and communist propaganda.

A famous line in the movie, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, was "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." In the case of widespread perception of the eras of slavery and Jim Crow, this is a problem where the "legend" is too widely believed and used to undermine this country and its traditional values.

[Samurai_Jack]

The administration’s initial communication was poorly managed and lacked foresight. As a result, they are now in the difficult position of having to clarify their stance and retract previous statements, all while attempting to avoid a formal apology. It is entirely possible to address these strategic failures and make a substantive point without resorting to personal insults.

[Pox]

Horseshit.

You all have been compromised to the point that you are terrified of the nonsense the left throws at you every day. Sure, you stand up to a lot of it, but this specific incident quite clearly identifies the fact that you have no backbone to speak of as far as I'm concerned.

Considering my observations as a personal insult only reinforces my points, but I doubt anyone here who cringed over that stupid video will comprehend what exactly this observation identifies, but that also is part of the problem.

I just finished binge watching Sanford and Son after Grady Demond Wilson died recently. Laughed out loud in season 3 when “Fred” told “Aunt Esther” that she was ugly, and when she questioned his statement, he told her that he could just get some dough, press her face into it and make Gorilla cookies. There was another episode in Season 4 where “Fred” was making more Gorilla comparisons to “Aunt Esther”.

We grew up watching these things and grew a thick enough skin to laugh at the nonsense you and yours cringe over due to the fact you've been conditioned to react in that exact manner. Your programming has been effective it seems.