Trump posts a doctored photo of the Obamas and Air Force One with graffiti spray-painted on plane
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump She posted a fake picture of her ex on Sunday President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle ObamaHe was waving before boarding Air Force One, which was spray-painted with graffiti.
It came months later racist post The president portrayed the couple as primates in the forest. This was deleted following strong bipartisan backlash.
The final photo shows the Obamas smiling and waving at the top of the stairs next to a graffiti-painted baby blue and white presidential plane bearing the Democrat’s campaign slogan “Yes We Can,” “Obama” and “BLM,” an acronym for “Black Lives Matter.” The post also shows Arabic graffiti on the plane with the phrase “alhamdulillah” meaning “Praise be to Allah” or “Thank God”.
The use of graffiti is a coded message to remind people of crime and urban decay, and has been used in racist messages against Black people in the past.
Trump has a long-standing history of making intense personal criticisms of the Obamas and using inflammatory, sometimes racist rhetoric. This includes everything from fueling the lie that Obama wasn’t born in the United States to crude generalizations about Black-majority countries to posts that sparked outrage on the website Truth Social.
The president’s racist post about the Obamas being primates came during the first week of Black History Month in February. It was removed after widespread criticism from civil rights leaders and Republican senators. But Trump refused to apologize, and an employee was later accused of making the post.
This time, the presidential plane has been a sensitive issue since Trump’s decision last week. first trip Open a new Air Force One – A refurbished Boeing 747-800 worth $400 million Gifted by Qatar. The plane’s distinctive light blue fuselage that helped Air Force One blend into the sky was replaced with Trump’s preferred color scheme: a dark blue belly with red and gold stripes.
Afterwards make a speech Trump held no public events on Sunday and spent the day at his golf club in Virginia at an event held on Washington’s National Mall to celebrate Independence Day and the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on Saturday night. He will depart on Monday to attend a summit with Türkiye’s NATO allies.
The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Neither did the Obamas’ spokesman.
Sunday’s post also follows a post last month in which Trump shared a doctored image of Obama. new presidential library In Chicago, it looked like there was a large garbage bag on top of the building and it was surrounded by a wasteland. “Ten years from now the Obama Library will be a ‘Mecca’ for those who hate America! President DJT,” he wrote at the time.
Trump frequently criticized the Obama library in his public statements and twice posted an image of the library on his social media platform.
The Air Force One image was part of a series of Sunday posts Trump made on Truth Social; this included a throwback photo. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni He grins and looks at Trump under the words “RESTRAINT ORDER REQUIRED.”
This could ignite a new firestorm at the meetings to be held in Türkiye this week; because Trump claimed that Meloni wanted to take a photo with him “many times” at the last Group of Seven summit and begged for such a photo.
Trump’s comments prompted Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to take action to cancel Then, while on a planned trip to Washington, Meloni said Trump’s account was “completely fabricated,” adding, “Italy and I never beg.”
