【Trump Again Touches the Bottom of American Politics, Posting Racist Video of Obama Couple】
The video is about one minute long
Posted on Trump's social media account
Depicts Obama and his wife Michelle as apes
Ending with Obama couple synthesized into ape bodies
Background music is "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Clearly racist
Reporter: The White House said that a staff member sent that video (with two primates at the end, avatars are Obama and Michelle, suspected of racial discrimination). Will you fire this staff member?
Trump: No, I saw it. But I didn't see the full content. I gave it to others, and they posted it.
Reporter: Will you apologize?
Trump: No, I didn't make a mistake.
As public pressure continued to rise
The White House later changed its statement
Confirmed that the post had been deleted
And claimed it was an operational error by a staff member who accidentally posted it
Comment: Pasting the Black former president and his wife as apes is the most despicable and naked racialist political attack in American history. A country's president spreading racial hatred is equivalent to handing a knife to extreme forces across the U.S., directly escalating racial conflicts and increasing the risk of social violence. The so-called "civilization lighthouse" now only has factionalism, personal attacks, and racial defamation. American politics has become thoroughly vulgarized, lowbrow, and hate-filled, beyond redemption.
Trump did not apologize, did not fire anyone, did not admit fault, and instead shifted blame onto the staff, claiming he hadn't seen the entire content. This is a textbook case of shameless blame-shifting. The account is his, the content was reviewed by him, and the posting was authorized by him. When problems arise, he shifts the blame to junior employees. This shows no sense of responsibility, no bottom line, and further confirms that he himself is an enabler and beneficiary of racist speech.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1856450398095369/
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