“Clown Show”: Obama Blasts Trump Over Racist Video on Truth Social

• Obama criticizes Trump video
• Video sparks accusations of racism
• Trump deletes controversial post

Former President Barack Obama described as a “clown show” a video posted by President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account.

The material briefly showed Barack and Michelle Obama with ape faces in what appeared to be a jungle setting.

Many critics denounced the content as racist, intensifying the Obama-Trump controversy on Truth Social.

Obama Breaks His Silence on Trump’s Video

«There doesn’t seem to be any shame.» Barack Obama said in an interview that a video President Trump posted that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes was part of a «clown show.» pic.twitter.com/xqSdqX8ejz

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 14, 2026

Obama made his remarks on February 14 during an interview with podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen.

During the conversation, Cohen noted that a series of messages from White House officials reflected a level of cruelty that, in previous eras, would have been disqualifying.

Among those examples, he mentioned the video posted by Trump.

He also cited posts in which officials labeled individuals who died at the hands of ICE agents as “domestic terrorists.”

Trump Video Triggers National Political Storm

BREAKING: Trump just posted an incredibly racist photo of the Obama’s faces photoshopped on to the body of apes.

Every day is a new rock bottom for this ugly pig. pic.twitter.com/GlMM7Cfjoe

— Dean Withers (@itsdeaann) February 6, 2026

Cohen asked Obama how the country can recover from that kind of rhetoric. “It’s true that it grabs attention. It’s true that it distracts,” the former president responded.

He added that when he travels across the country, he still finds people who believe in decency, courtesy, and kindness.

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“There doesn’t seem to be any shame,” Obama said, describing what he called “a kind of clownishness on social media and television.”

He argued that some individuals no longer feel the need to maintain decorum or a sense of respect for public office.

Despite the heated climate fueling the Obama Trump Truth Social controversy, Obama emphasized that he continues to see civic values reflected among many citizens.

The Deleted Video and Official Response

full jungle video that trump posted of the obamas as monkeys / gorillas pic.twitter.com/qFhbNIR8TK

— adam (@savagedump) February 6, 2026

The video was published late on February 5 and into the early hours of February 6.

It was part of several posts shared on Trump’s Truth Social account.

A brief segment at the end showed the Obamas’ faces on ape bodies.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt initially defended the video.

She described it as portraying Trump “as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from The Lion King.”

However, the post was deleted on February 6.

Later that day, speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump said he had only seen the first part of the video and claimed he had not viewed the section in which the Obamas appeared.

The episode adds to a series of public exchanges that continue to shape the political debate in the United States, further deepening the Obama Trump Truth Social controversy.