On February 6, 2026, a significant controversy erupted after President Donald Trump shared a video on his Truth Social account that depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. This video, described by The Frontier Post as a 'racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys,' sparked widespread outrage across the United States political spectrum. The video, which was posted late Thursday night, was part of a larger narrative promoting false claims about the 2020 election results, a theme that has been recurrent in Trump's rhetoric. According to Al Jazeera, members of Trump's own Republican Party condemned the video, calling for its removal, which was eventually done. The White House initially dismissed the backlash as 'fake outrage,' as reported by Dawn, but later attributed the post to an error by a staff member, stating that it was 'erroneously made.'