Donald Trump REFUSES to apologize for sharing racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama and claims he ‘didn’t see it’

Donald Trump told reporters he will not apologize for the racist video he shared depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys.

The president spoke publicly on Air Force One Friday night for the first time since the video was released — which outraged both Democrats and Republicans — and maintained he had done nothing wrong.

‘I looked. I couldn’t see it all. “I gave it to people, and they published it,” said Trump, adding that he “did not see” the part where Obama was imposed on monkey bodies.

‘What I saw in the beginning was really powerful. It was about fraudulent elections. Every time I see something like this and it’s believable, you put it out there. I didn’t. This was done by someone else. It was a re-truth, but it was a very powerful one,” Trump added.

Trump also said the employee the White House claimed released the video would not be fired.

He was later asked if he would apologize.

‘No, I didn’t make a mistake,’ he said.

He also touted his engagement with the black community during his two terms as president.

The president faced widespread backlash over accusations of racism after releasing a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys

‘Black voters have been great to me. ‘I’ve been very good to them and, by the way, I think I’m the least racist president you’ve had in a long time.’

Trump also lashed out at a journalist who accused Trump of not ‘knowing what was going on on his behalf’ after criticizing Joe Biden for doing the same.

‘I know much better than you. You don’t know what’s going on. “I know what’s going on,” he said.

The clip, which he shared late last night, focuses on accusations of corruption in the 2020 election.

An AI video shows the former president and first lady’s faces applied to monkey bodies, followed by the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens.

The clip is from a pro-Trump account on X but was reposted by the President on the Truth Social platform.

Trump’s latest attack on the Obama family has sparked widespread condemnation across the political divide.

‘Disgusting behavior by the President,’ California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office wrote on X. ‘Every Republican should condemn this. Now.’

Obamas have yet to respond to controversy

Senator Tim Scott called video ‘the most racist thing I’ve ever seen in the White House’

Republican Tim Scott, the Senate’s only black Republican He went online to call out management.

‘I’m praying this is fake because this is the most racist thing I’ve ever seen in the White House. Scott said the President should repeal it.

‘A White House employee made this post by mistake. A spokesman for the president told the Daily Mail on Friday that the post had been removed, without naming the staff he held responsible for the mission.

Embers I deleted the clip hours later following a fierce backlash from top Republicans.

He soon released a video detailing the history of the black conservative movement in the GOP.

The U-turn came just hours after press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on Trump’s attack on the Obama family, accusing critics of “fake outrage.”

“This is taken from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and the Democrats as characters from The Lion King,” Leavitt told the Daily Mail.

‘Please stop the fake outrage and report on something that really matters to the American people today.’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt initially doubled as President

The clip is from a pro-Trump account on X but was reposted by the President on the Truth Social platform.

Other leading Republican senators joined Scott in demanding that Trump remove the video.

Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker posted on X: ‘This is completely unacceptable. The President should take this down and apologize.’

Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts wrote: ‘Even if this is a Lion King meme, a reasonable person can see its racist context. ‘The White House should do what everyone does when they make a mistake: remove it and apologize.’

Trump’s video sparked condemnation from senators’ Democratic colleagues.

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office wrote to X: ‘Disgusting behavior by the President.’ ‘Every Republican should condemn this. Now.’

Democratic political strategist Adam Parkhomenko shared: ‘This is blatant racism. Full stop. No “wrong comments” and no excuses. That’s who he’s always been, and that’s why he should never be anywhere near power again.’

Trump’s long-running feud with Obama dates back decades, dating back to when he first made allegations that the 44th president was born outside the United States.

Since Trump started his second term, he has intensified his attacks on Obama on social media, accusing the former president of ‘treason’.

The president claimed that Obama betrayed the United States by spying on the presidential campaign amid accusations that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Trump posted AI memes depicting Obama’s arrest and incarceration on Truth Social.

Trump’s video showing the Obamas has been liked more than 2,500 times and reposted more than 1,100 times on Truth Social.

The Daily Mail contacted the Obamas for comment.