Trump shares an edited photo of Obama and Michelle with Air Force One covered in graffiti
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump posted a fake photo of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, waving before boarding Air Force One that had been sprayed with graffiti.This came months after another racist post by the president that showed the couple as monkeys in the jungle.
This was deleted after bipartisan backlash.The latest photo shows the Obama family smiling and waving at the top of the stairs next to a blue and white Air Force One with graffiti including the Democratic Party campaign slogan “Yes We Can,” “Obama,” and “BLM,” which stands for Black Lives Matter. The post also shows Arabic writings on the plane saying the phrase “Alhamdulillah,” which means “Praise be to God” or “Praise be to God.”Trump has a long record of harsh personal criticism of the Obama family and using inflammatory, and sometimes racist, rhetoric. This includes everything from feeding the lie that Obama was not born in the United States to crude generalizations about majority-Black countries and posts that sparked outrage on the website Truth Social.The president’s racist post to the Obama family as presidents came in February, during the first week of Black History Month. It was removed after widespread criticism from civil rights leaders and Republican senators. However, Trump refused to apologise, and a staffer was later blamed for making the post. The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. The Obama family spokeswoman did not do so.