By means of the years, Donald Trump has change into identified for his social media rants. Nevertheless, final night time, as Trump flooded Fact Social with video reposts, one video caught the eye of social media customers.
In a video, which appeared to corroborate Trump’s frequent claims of the 2020 elections being rigged, customers significantly centered on the tip, which rapidly scrolled to a video exhibiting former President and First Woman Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. The video confirmed the Obamas’ faces superimposed over footage of monkeys bobbing their heads to “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” a tune popularly related to The Lion King franchise.
Whereas neither Trump nor the Obamas have publicly commented on the circulating clip, social media customers throughout the political spectrum criticized the repost, calling it racially charged and offensive.
This comes hours after Trump signed a proclamation honoring the observance of Black Historical past Month, acknowledging the contributions of Black People and emphasizing that Black historical past is “not distinct from American historical past.”
“For many years, the progressive motion and far-left politicians have sought to needlessly divide our residents on the idea of race, portray a poisonous and distorted and disfigured imaginative and prescient of our historical past, heritage, and heroes,” Trump wrote as beforehand reported by theGrio“This month, nonetheless, we don’t have a good time our variations…the historical past of Black People is an indispensable chapter in our grand American story.”
