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orangecrush

(29,506 posts)
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 08:36 AM Feb 6

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Lovie777

(22,354 posts)
1. Shakes head...........
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 08:39 AM
Feb 6

mysteryowl

(8,927 posts)
2. This is what happens to people with dementia
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 08:41 AM
Feb 6

Get him out of office!

sop

(18,025 posts)
3. Yeah, that'll help Republicans with the black vote this year.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 08:41 AM
Feb 6

orangecrush

(29,506 posts)
4. Gee, do you think the press will confront him?
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 08:50 AM
Feb 6

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

NickB79

(20,286 posts)
5. He's so close to using the N-word at this point
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:00 AM
Feb 6

With the hard R.

orangecrush

(29,506 posts)
7. There is no cure yet
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:02 AM
Feb 6




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

(80,140 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, 09:02 AM
Feb 6



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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

(80,140 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, 09:05 AM
Feb 6

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

(29,506 posts)
10. I don't see this being reported in U.S. mainstream news
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:07 AM
Feb 6


Just incredible.

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

CanonRay

(16,043 posts)
11. But we're not talking about Epstein, are we.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 10:11 AM
Feb 6

FredGarvin

(832 posts)
12. Fury?
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 10:15 AM
Feb 6

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

Fla Dem

(27,509 posts)
13. If this isn't a reason to impeach the Trump Turd, I don't know what is.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 10:37 AM
Feb 6

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

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