Trump posts election conspiracy video with Obamas depicted as monkeys

2026-02-06 - 10:48

US President Donald Trump on Thursday posted an election conspiracy video that depicted former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as monkeys, drawing condemnation from prominent Democrats. Near the end of a one-minute-long video posted on Trump’s Truth Social platform, the Obamas are shown with their faces on the bodies of monkeys for about one second. The song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” plays in the background when the Obamas appear. The video repeats false allegations that ballot-counting company Dominion Voting Systems helped steal the 2020 election from Trump. As of early Friday morning, the video had been liked several thousand times on the president’s social media platform. The office of California Governor Gavin Newsom, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate and a prominent Trump critic, slammed