Donald Trump doesn’t really feel like he must apologize after posting a racist video depicting the Obamas as apes,
On Thursday (February 5), the 79-year-old president posted a video on his Reality Social platform, which featured claims about voter fraud. On the finish of the video, former President Barack Obama and former first woman Michelle Obama appeared with their faces superimposed over photos of dancing apes.
The submit has since been deleted after it sparked an uproar. Nevertheless, whereas talking to reporters on Friday (February 6), Trump made it clear that he doesn’t suppose he’s at fault.
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The president instructed the press aboard Air Power One which he didn’t really feel like an apology was warranted, explaining, “No, I didn’t make a mistake,” based on NBC Information.
He alleged that he solely watched the primary a part of the video earlier than approving it to be posted, saying that half “was tremendous.”
“I regarded within the first half and it was actually about voter fraud in, and the machines, how crooked it’s, how disgusting it’s,” he mentioned. “Then I gave it to the folks. Usually, they’d have a look at the entire thing. However I suppose any person didn’t, they usually posted.”
Trump mentioned that “after all” he doesn’t approve the video’s racist undertones and that they “took it down as quickly as (they) discovered.”
Nevertheless, the White Home beforehand defended the video with a press release from press secretary Caroline Leavitt.
“That is from an web meme video depicting President Trump because the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from The Lion King,” she instructed PEOPLE. “Please cease the pretend outrage and report on one thing at present that really issues to the American public.”
Regardless of her protection, in a follow-up assertion, a White Home staffer claimed that the video was posted “erroneously” by a staffer.
If you happen to missed it, Trump seems to be strolling again a serious promise he made to Individuals.