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US President Donald Trump is ruffling feathers on social media after sharing a post depicting Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as monkeys.
Taking to his Truth Social platform on Friday, Trump once again alleged certain irregularities in the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Joe Biden.
Biden served as vice president to Obama when the latter was president of the US from 2009-2017.
Trump defeated Hillary Clinton to clinch the presidency in 2017, but lost to Biden when he contested for a second term.
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In the video clip posted by Trump, Obama and his wife are seen at the end of the video as AI-generated monkey figures dancing while ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’, a song from Disney’s animated classic The Lion King, is heard.
As expected, the social media post is eliciting backlash from netizens, who are accusing the president of racism.
Reacting, the press office of California Governor Gavin Newsom stated, “Disgusting behavior by the President. Every single Republican must denounce this. Now.”
