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Rhiannon12866

(252,158 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 07:05 AM 2 hrs ago

Trump Refuses To Apologize For Racist Obama Meme Claiming He Didn't See Section People 'Didn't Like' - FIVE MINUTE NEWS



For years, each new racial controversy surrounding Donald Trump has been met with the same refrain: “This is not who we are as Americans.” But what if that reassurance is the real illusion? This video confronts the uncomfortable truth behind Trump’s latest racist controversy—his reposting of a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes—and situates it within a lifelong pattern of racial grievance, dehumanization, and political reward.

Far from an isolated lapse, the incident exposes how racism is routinely minimized, deflected, or absorbed by American political institutions until accountability disappears. Trump didn’t invent racism in American politics—he stripped away the euphemisms. His success raises a harder question than his intent: why has this worked, repeatedly, with so few lasting consequences? If America wants to claim this is not who it is, the claim has to be proven—through action, not repetition. - 02/07/2026.

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Trump Refuses To Apologize For Racist Obama Meme Claiming He Didn't See Section People 'Didn't Like' - FIVE MINUTE NEWS (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 2 hrs ago OP
He's lying out of his ass joshdawg 2 hrs ago #1
I'm calling bullshit PJMcK 1 hr ago #2

joshdawg

(2,933 posts)
1. He's lying out of his ass
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 07:46 AM
2 hrs ago

and mouth.......oh,wait, they are one and the same.

A 79 year old snot-nosed punk brat.

Eff trump and his whole "administration."

PJMcK

(24,893 posts)
2. I'm calling bullshit
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 08:23 AM
1 hr ago

Of course Trump saw the whole video. He lies about everything.

His inability to take responsibility for anything demonstrates that he is a pathetic weakling. Instead, he always responds with an excuse.

He’s a coward and a wimp. Why are Republicans so afraid of him? They’re pathetic, too.

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