Trump posts racist video of the Obamas

Well, Meandrogrog, I saw the pictures.
Could you clarify what you mean by
" Question the validity" and " Question what we are fed"?
My understanding is that no one has denied that these images came from the White House .

We must question everything. And today more than ever.

We don’t need to question obvious racism, however cleverly it’s presented

Iam64

We don’t need to question obvious racism, however cleverly it’s presented

Not my view of it tho.

The wrongness came from Trump putting it up on his own SM site. It’s an insulting short vid of Democrat politicians that had been doing the rounds for a few months.
It’s yet another childish and poor judgement call from the President.

There are none so blind. Why was it the Obamas who were depicted as the monkeys? They are the ones with the influence, they are the ones Trump fears.

The vid wasn’t made by Trump.
Yes, he strongly disliked Obama and Biden and Harris as he viewed them as rivals and wants all the adulation for himself.

If you post something on your personal social media account, by default you endorse it.

Casdon

If you post something on your personal social media account, by default you endorse it.

He is a very busy man and maybe didnt see it all? Just trying to keep a measured view!

That’s not an excuse. In the same way that Starmer is accountable, so is Trump.

Busy man? Seriously? How much have the US taxpayers forked out for his far too frequent golf trips.

White supremacy. Trump believes in this and white supremists are racist.
They believe themselves to be superior to people of colour.

I would think that because of this the video he sent out was racist.

Not surprised to see some doing mental gymnastics to lie about the blatant racism this administration loves parading. Trump and all his defenders have always been racists and always will be. Nothing shocking about any of this whatsoever.

BlessedArt

Not surprised to see some doing mental gymnastics to lie about the blatant racism this administration loves parading. Trump and all his defenders have always been racists and always will be. Nothing shocking about any of this whatsoever.

Quite. They’ll jump through all sorts of hoops trying to deny it, though.

I think Trump is a terrible President and an awful human being so no mental gymnastics from me.

Oreo

The wrongness came from Trump putting it up on his own SM site. It’s an insulting short vid of Democrat politicians that had been doing the rounds for a few months.
It’s yet another childish and poor judgement call from the President.

As I said earlier.

The most ignorant and the lowest of the low ..

Frenchgalinspain

The most ignorant and the lowest of the low ..

But he was voted for by the American people and at least he can’t stand again in the future.

Oreo

Frenchgalinspain

The most ignorant and the lowest of the low ..

But he was voted for by the American people and at least he can’t stand again in the future.

I think you'll find he is already trying to find a way round that part of the Constitution!

Oreo

DT is still amazingly popular in the US and he still has three years to run, he won’t be able to stand for a third time.
As for a mini Trump here, if that means Farage ( Boris used to be called that) then Labour will have to up its game massively for it not to happen.As will the Conservatives.

His popularity is hovering around 40%.

That’s a low for most presidents. Far from “amazingly popular”.

He has a loud, lesser-educated, group of supporters but your comment is beyond an exaggeration.

I wouldn’t put it past him Ladyleftfieldlover but have to hope it wouldn’t be allowed to happen.😲

To say that this video, from wherever or whenever it originates, is not racist is to deny the pernicious nature of racist imagery. We have seen black footballers have bananas thrown at them for several years. There are white players on the pitch at the same time - as there are white politicians in this video - but it is obvious the bananas are not aimed them. To suggest otherwise would be naive.

MollyNew

To say that this video, from wherever or whenever it originates, is not racist is to deny the pernicious nature of racist imagery. We have seen black footballers have bananas thrown at them for several years. There are white players on the pitch at the same time - as there are white politicians in this video - but it is obvious the bananas are not aimed them. To suggest otherwise would be naive.

Naive or wilful.

I think we can lay the "majority of people in the US support him" trope to rest.

He was never elected by a majority.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html

MollyNew

To say that this video, from wherever or whenever it originates, is not racist is to deny the pernicious nature of racist imagery. We have seen black footballers have bananas thrown at them for several years. There are white players on the pitch at the same time - as there are white politicians in this video - but it is obvious the bananas are not aimed them. To suggest otherwise would be naive.

I don’t believe anyone who denies the video’s racism truly doesn’t see it. I don’t believe it one bit. It’s just the same old silly game of attempting to normalise racism by gaslighting those who call it out. Trump doesn’t do anything to hide his racism, so anyone defending him or downplaying this is exposing themselves.