Donald Trump faced intense scrutiny for an AI-generated video he shared on Truth Social, depicting the Obamas as apes

The White House says Donald Trump's deeply racist meme portraying the Obamas as apes was just a parody of The Lion King.

The White House defended Trump after he faced widespread outrage for posting a racist image of the Obamas as apes

The post, a minutelong video rife with conspiracy theories about voting machines in the 2020 election, cuts to a short clip of the Obamas in monkey form, dancing to the tune of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” a 1961 song featured in the Disney hit, “The Lion King.”

The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.

The Trump administration is reacting to a meme video the President re-posted on Thursday night, that had AI images of the Obamas depicted as gorillas.

The imagery was wildly offensive and inappropriate, and as a Black man, I find it especially troubling,' he said on X.