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orangecrush

(31,151 posts)
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:36 AM Feb 2026

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Lovie777

(23,741 posts)
1. Shakes head...........
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:39 AM
Feb 2026

mysteryowl

(9,350 posts)
2. This is what happens to people with dementia
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:41 AM
Feb 2026

Get him out of office!

sop

(19,317 posts)
3. Yeah, that'll help Republicans with the black vote this year.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:41 AM
Feb 2026

orangecrush

(31,151 posts)
4. Gee, do you think the press will confront him?
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:50 AM
Feb 2026

At least the Guardian, unlike our lickspittles, called him a liar, not "false claims" or some such minimizing fluff.

NickB79

(20,405 posts)
5. He's so close to using the N-word at this point
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 10:00 AM
Feb 2026

With the hard R.

orangecrush

(31,151 posts)
7. There is no cure yet
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 10:02 AM
Feb 2026




If modern medicine has a conscience, it will rapidly find a cure for the disease keeping Trump alive.

Melissa Blauvelt (@mbclinpath.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T13:29:48.408Z

riversedge

(81,546 posts)
6. " Trump was a driving force of the "birther" movement against Obama, which falsely claimed that the former president w
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 10:02 AM
Feb 2026



....................
Context: Depictions and caricatures of Black people as monkeys or apes were used to justify slavery, lynching, and the creation of Jim Crow laws.

The big picture: Trump has long peddled conspiracy theories about former President Obama.

Trump was a driving force of the "birther" movement against Obama, which falsely claimed that the former president was born in Kenya and had a forged birth certificate, which therefore disqualified him from serving as president.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/06/trump-racist-video-barack-michelle-obama-truth-social

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riversedge

(81,546 posts)
9. Why it matters: Trump's offensive post uses a centuries-old trope against the first Black president and first lady in U
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 10:05 AM
Feb 2026

18 mins ago -
Trump posts racist video of Obamas

April Rubin
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/06/trump-racist-video-barack-michelle-obama-truth-social
President Trump posted an overtly racist video clip portraying former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes at the end of a video on his Truth Social feed.


Why it matters:

Trump's offensive post uses a centuries-old trope against the first Black president and first lady in U.S. history during the first week of Black History Month.

orangecrush

(31,151 posts)
10. I don't see this being reported in U.S. mainstream news
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 10:07 AM
Feb 2026


Just incredible.

Will they ignore it when he starts using the N word,?

CanonRay

(16,269 posts)
11. But we're not talking about Epstein, are we.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 11:11 AM
Feb 2026
 

FredGarvin

(846 posts)
12. Fury?
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 11:15 AM
Feb 2026

There has been zero reporting on this other than offshore news agencies

Prairie Gates

(8,479 posts)
14. It's literally the top story in the New York Times right now
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 12:05 PM
Feb 2026

Fla Dem

(27,772 posts)
13. If this isn't a reason to impeach the Trump Turd, I don't know what is.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 11:37 AM
Feb 2026

A direct racial attack against a former President. Truly an abuse of power.

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