This will not be the last time something like this happens – the White House has taken it down, blaming a junior staffer – which is odd as we are told Trump does all his own posting and it went up at midnight – but at least it’s not up there anymore.
But the damage has been done, whatever mask there may have been has slipped.
The test for all of us now comes in how we respond the next time it happens.
Donald Trump has not apologised for the video, shared on his Truth Social account, depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, saying “I didn’t make a mistake”.
The post was deleted around 12 hours after being shared.
The US president said “of course” he condemned the racist parts of the video.
In 1973, the Department of Justice sued Donald Trump and his father for alleged racial discrimination at Trump housing developments in New York. The case was settled two years later with no admission of guilt.
The five men wrongly convicted of raping a woman in Central Park have sued Donald Trump on accusations of making “false and defamatory” statements during a presidential debate against former vice president Kamala Harris in 2024.
Mr Trump has tried to have the lawsuit dismissed, but has so far been unsuccessful.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 