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Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social
- Occurred
- Feb 5, 2026
- Published
- Feb 6, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
President Trump reportedly reposted a video on Truth Social that portrayed Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, imagery widely condemned as racist. The post was reportedly later deleted after public outcry, including criticism from some Republicans. The content was described by critics as an AI-driven meme/deepfake-style clip, an example of purportedly AI-amplified racist propaganda and harm to social trust.
Developers
- Synthetic media generation technology developers
Deployers
- Donald Trump
- Unidentified X user
- Trump Administration
Harmed parties
- Barack Obama
- Michelle Obama
- Epistemic integrity
- Black Americans
- Black people
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated racist deepfake video depicting political figures as apes caused public outcry and potential harm to social trust.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8