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EdmondDantes_

(1,685 posts)
5. It doesn't carry the same racist baggage
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 02:31 PM
Feb 7

That said, I wouldn't post it partially because some will falsely claim equivalence but also because I think in general it's not my style.

Srkdqltr

(9,666 posts)
6. Really, but the point was, trump posted it personally Obama never posted anything like that.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 02:33 PM
Feb 7

We know there are mems like that about all of them REPB OR DEM. Difference was that Trump threw it at Obama personally. And Obama never did.

sop

(18,367 posts)
7. I wouldn't protest too much if someone used AI to create a tasteless image of Trump and a 14-year-old.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 02:37 PM
Feb 7

gulliver

(13,914 posts)
10. Planet of the Apes meets Lance Link
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 02:53 PM
Feb 7

Looks like these are chimps, the nerd folk in the original POA movies.

NPR screwed up reporting Trump's post this morning. They said the post portrayed the Obamas as "primates." Which they are. And so is everyone reading this. Humans are primates!! A major pet peeve of mine is people not realizing that.

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