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Re: Did Trump post a racist video?
Reply #15 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 8:54am

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 7:23am:

Karoline Leavitt tried to defend it by accusing people of faking outrage. I’m not sure what’s worse - the image of the Obamas as monkeys or the fact that Leavitt tried (and failed miserably) to defend it.

From fake Christian, KKKaroline Leavitt:

“This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King,” Leavitt said in a statement. “Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”

There are no apes in The Lion King.

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MattE Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 448 Gender:	Re: Did Trump post a racist video? Reply #16 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 9:46am What is the difference between the Obamas as apes and making an image of Trump as a pig?
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14669 Armidale Gender:	Re: Did Trump post a racist video? Reply #17 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 10:04am answer: ape suggests a literal genetic origin. pig is descriptive of activity.
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MattE Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 448 Gender:	Re: Did Trump post a racist video? Reply #18 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 10:08am chimera wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 10:04am: answer: ape suggests a literal genetic origin. pig is descriptive of activity. Don't humans have a genetic connection to apes? According to those who study evolution, we are a form of ape.
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 6906	Re: Did Trump post a racist video? Reply #19 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 10:18am MattE wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 9:46am: What is the difference between the Obamas as apes and making an image of Trump as a pig? Obama supporters whinge, Trump supporters grin. Note: "Winners are grinners."
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Re: Did Trump post a racist video?
Reply #20 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 10:22am

'Homo sapiens share approximately 96% to over 98% of their DNA with chimpanzees and bonobos, their closest living relatives, with divergence occurring roughly 6-7 million years ago. While individual genes are nearly identical, significant differences exist in large-scale gene duplications, gene expression regulation, and structural genomic variations'.

It's not clear whether the Obamas are depicted as bonobo which have an advanced vocalisation ability, or chimpanzees.
On the evidence from White House documents and official statements, it would appear that Obama Bonobo are specified. This would exclude 2-4% of DNA which is significant when you think about it and probably would impose restraints on Obama as president and in his tweets. However, Trump does quite well as a pig in tweets (without meaning that he has porcine DNA, of course)

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Re: Did Trump post a racist video?
Reply #21 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 12:33pm

Trump is innocent:

https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-us-iran-02-06-26

“I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine,” Trump said, referring to the first part of the video that contained debunked claims about fraud in voting machines.

“It was a very strong post in terms of voter fraud,” he said. “Nobody knew that that was in the end. If they would have looked, they would have seen it, and probably they would have had the sense to take it down.”

Trump said after he watched the first section of the video, he passed the video on to a staffer, who he said should have watched it to the end.

“Somebody slipped and missed a very small part,” he said.

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14669 Armidale Gender:	Re: Did Trump post a racist video? Reply #22 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 12:53pm He has to decide whether to be dictator for life or king and pass the domain onto his son. Lately he's favoured the royals more than Commandant Bovino of the Overcoat.
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Re: Did Trump post a racist video?
Reply #23 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:11pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 8:54am:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 7:23am:

Karoline Leavitt tried to defend it by accusing people of faking outrage. I’m not sure what’s worse - the image of the Obamas as monkeys or the fact that Leavitt tried (and failed miserably) to defend it.

From fake Christian, KKKaroline Leavitt:

“This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King,” Leavitt said in a statement. “Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”

There are no apes in The Lion King.

Nonsense Greggy:

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MattE Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 448 Gender:	Re: Did Trump post a racist video? Reply #24 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:21pm According to the leftists, only one of these images is racist. Why is this? By the way, I had an AI app create the images.
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Re: Did Trump post a racist video?
Reply #25 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:29pm

Bobby. wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:11pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 8:54am:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 7:23am:

Karoline Leavitt tried to defend it by accusing people of faking outrage. I’m not sure what’s worse - the image of the Obamas as monkeys or the fact that Leavitt tried (and failed miserably) to defend it.

From fake Christian, KKKaroline Leavitt:

“This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King,” Leavitt said in a statement. “Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”

There are no apes in The Lion King.

Nonsense Greggy:

It's a baboon, not an ape. Specifically, it's a mandrill.

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Re: Did Trump post a racist video?
Reply #26 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:34pm

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:29pm:

It's a baboon, not an ape. Specifically, it's a mandrill.

OK - let's not be so tedious about it - it's a monkey. Roll Eyes

Google AI:

a mandrill is not an ape; it is the world's largest species of monkey.
While often mistaken for an ape due to its size and,
in the case of the fictional character Rafiki, sometimes called a baboon,
it is actually an Old World monkey belonging to the family Cercopithecidae.

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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 46105	Re: Did Trump post a racist video? Reply #27 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:43pm One point that is important, Trump admitted his error and withdrew the image from his Social account. Trump admitted he was wrong, something he's never done before. Trump used to be known as the Teflon President. This time he admitted he did wrong. Tsk, tsk, tsk...
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Re: Did Trump post a racist video?
Reply #28 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:44pm

Brian Ross wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:43pm:

One point that is important, Trump admitted his error and withdrew the image from his Social account. Trump admitted he was wrong, something he's never done before. Trump used to known as the Teflon President. This time he admitted he did wrong. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Roll Eyes

Where did he admit he was wrong? I must've missed it - can you show us?

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Re: Did Trump post a racist video?
Reply #29 - Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:47pm

Armchair_Politician wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:44pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Feb 7^th, 2026 at 1:43pm:

One point that is important, Trump admitted his error and withdrew the image from his Social account. Trump admitted he was wrong, something he's never done before. Trump used to known as the Teflon President. This time he admitted he did wrong. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Roll Eyes

Where did he admit he was wrong? I must've missed it - can you show us?

Donald Trump's rare backdown on racist Obama post shows even the 'Teflon president' has limits

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It seems that I have upset a Moderator and are forbidden from using posting to the general forum now. So much for Freedom of Speech. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Roll Eyes

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