- Top Democrats, including House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, condemn Trump for sharing a "vile, unhinged" video depicting the Obamas as apes, with Jeffries calling Trump a "malignant bottom feeder".
- A senior Trump official claims "a White House staffer erroneously made the post", according to multiple outlets, including The Guardian US, after the video was shared on the president's social media.
- The incident has drawn widespread criticism, with Jeffries praising the Obamas as "brilliant, compassionate and patriotic Americans" who "represent the best of this country", in stark contrast to Trump's divisive actions.
JUSTICE MATTERS
The mainstream media sources, such as the New York Times, BBC, and NPR, frame the incident with a more neutral tone, using phrases like "racist video clip" and "racist trope" to describe the content, whereas the leftist source, The Guardian US, uses stronger language, quoting a Democratic leader as calling Trump "vile, unhinged and malignant". This difference in wording obscures the severity of the incident in the mainstream media, which also tends to focus on the White House's response and the removal of the post, rather than the outrage and condemnation from top Democrats. By quoting the White House press secretary's dismissal of criticism as "fake outrage", the mainstream sources also subtly downplay the significance of the event, shifting attention away from the racist content itself.
Cross-referenced with: New York Times, BBC, NPR
