Barack Obama blasts ‘clown show’ after Trump’s racist monkey video

South China Morning PostCenter-RightEN 1 min read 100% complete by Agence France-PresseFebruary 15, 2026 at 03:50 AM

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In an interview released Saturday, former President Barack Obama criticized the current state of US political discourse, calling it a "clown show." His comments came in response to a video shared on Donald Trump's Truth Social account on February 5, which depicted Obama and his wife Michelle with their faces superimposed on monkeys. The video, which promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, drew widespread condemnation. While the White House initially dismissed criticism, they later attributed the post to a staff error and removed it. Obama expressed concern about the increasing level of cruelty in political discussions and questioned how to recover from this decline.

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