Trump shares right-wing conspiracy theorist’s post that calls Michelle Obama ‘anti-white racist’ after he posted racist ape video
President Donald Trump reposted a message calling Michelle Obama a “racist” and had harsh words for a former top official in the Barack Obama administration as he prepares to face Democrats in Congress in his State of the Union address.
Inside A Truth Social post on Saturday said, The president reposted a message from far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, describing the former First Lady as an “anti-white racist.” In his thread, the president took aim at another Black woman in the same administration: former White House counsel Susan Rice.
Threatening Netflix to fire Rice, who serves on the company’s board of directors, Trump wrote: “Netflix must IMMEDIATELY fire the racist, Trump Imbalanced Susan Rice, or suffer the consequences.”
Loomer’s post was more comprehensive, calling on the president to kill one person. Warner Bros. The upcoming merger between Netflix andThe far-right activist feared this would expand the Obamas’ influence at both companies. The former president and his wife own a production company called Higher Ground Productions, which produces various content on the Neftlix platform.
Loomer wrote of the Obamas: “[P]”As Obama’s Higher Ground Productions continues to grow on Netflix, positive messages from Barack Hussein Obama and his anti-white racist wife Michelle regarding Democrats’ impending witch hunt against Trump will likely resonate across all streaming services.”
Donald Trump shared a statement from far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who accused Michelle Obama of being ‘anti-White’ (Getty)
The two posts came in response to Rice’s warning that companies deemed guilty of cozying up to the Trump administration face consequences of their own if Democratic lawmakers recapture the House and Senate in this fall’s midterm elections, along with the White House in 2028.
He made his comments on a podcast hosted by Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney whom Trump fired during his first term.
“If these companies think the Democrats are going to play by the old rules when they come back to power and say, ‘Forget it. We’re going to pardon you for all the people you fired, all the policies and principles you violated, all the laws you broke, you know.’ they say. I think there’s something else coming,” Rice said.
Loomer, who was known for using racist language, told the president that Warner Bros. He called for Netflix to cancel its upcoming merger in a bid to attack Obama’s production company (Getty Images)
Trump’s apparent support for Loomer’s description of Michelle Obama as a “racist” comes as he continues to refuse to apologize for a scandal that has engulfed him this month. Release of a strange artificial intelligence video From the Truth Social account depicting herself and her husband as monkeys.
The racist depiction of the nation’s first Black president was immediately condemned by politicians on both sides of the aisle, forcing the White House to offer a defense and then retract completely and delete the post.
Republicans on the Hill were clearly upset by the video and called its release a mistake. Sen. Tim Scott, the Senate’s only Black Republican, called it racist.
The former president responded in a podcast: “It’s important to recognize that the majority of the American public finds this behavior deeply troubling.
Trump blamed the post on Natalie Harp, an employee who accessed his Truth Social account and said she did not fully watch the video before posting it to her account.
In a statement to reporters on Air Force One, Trump claimed that he watched part of the video and sent it to his team for review and that it was possible shared on his account. He refused to see the portion of the video featuring the former president and former first lady.
“I gave this to people, and they usually look at everything, but I guess someone didn’t see it and they posted it. Then we deleted it,” Trump said.
Former President Barack Obama said most Americans believed it was ‘deeply disturbing’ that Trump shared a video depicting the former first couple as monkeys (AFP/Getty)
This isn’t the first time she’s received content or advice directly from Loomer, either.
The far-right activist gained new access to the Oval Office when Trump returns to the White House and uses it in 2025. directing the liquidation of figures She was tied to Michael Waltz, Trump’s national security adviser, for alleged infidelity.
Loomer also supported loyalty-driven purges of officials in other parts of the government; One notable victim was the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey. His daughter Maurene was fired from the Justice Department in July.
With her constant, vitriolic attacks on Democrats, Loomer has faced her own accusations of racism; this includes the fall of 2025, when he was widely condemned for hurling racial slurs at Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett, whom he called a “ghetto Black Whore.”
