The outrage is a little much. President Trump has received backlash from Democrats and some Republicans after posting a video on Truth Social that depicts Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. The image of the Obamas as apes was at the end of a video Trunmp shared that was discussing voting machine flaws in the 2020 election Watch the video here: (Obama scene occurs at the 59-second mark) CNN was quick to call the video racist: President Donald Trump shared a racist video on his social media platform Thursday night that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle, sparking intense condemnation. The Obamas briefly and suddenly appear near the end of the short video, which promotes false claims that voting machines helped steal the 2020 election, with their faces superimposed onto the bodies of apes. As the images appear, for about one second, the start of the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” plays in the background. The post, which recalls the racist trope of comparing Black people with monkeys, prompted swift backlash. Johnny Maga explained how the Obama edit was included in the video Trump shared: Trump posted a minute-long video about the 2020 election on Truth that someone screen recorded from X, and it obviously autoscrolled to the next reel, which was a hilarious Lion King AI edit. The left are totally broken and unserious people. pic.twitter.com/9qfDEkUZtV — johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) February 6, 2026 The clip of the Obamas comes from this Lion King styled video: The full Barack Obama “monkey video” portrays numerous elected officials, Republicans and Democrats, as Lion King-like characters, with Trump as a lion and king of the jungle. Interesting how this fact is not being reported on. pic.twitter.com/nJz1IbSuDN — Loomer Unleashed (@LoomerUnleashed) February 6, 2026 CNBC reported Senator Tim Scott is not too happy with the video: Sen. Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican who is Black and a close ally of Trump’s, blasted the image. “Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” Scott wrote in a post on X. “The President should remove it,” Scott wrote. Democratic elected officials quickly called on other Republicans to condemn the post. Take a look: Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House. The President should remove it. https://t.co/gADoM13ssZ — Tim Scott (@votetimscott) February 6, 2026