U.S. president Donald Trump and erstwhile president Barack Obama during Trump's inauguration in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2017. © Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
U.S. president Donald Trump refused to apologize after publishing on his account a movie depicting erstwhile president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as a monkey. The removed clip was condemned by both Democrats and Republicans as racist and profoundly offensive.
According to Axios, the movie was posted to Trump's account on Thursday night and remained online for almost 12 hours.
The video generated by artificial intelligence was originally created by an account publishing memes supporting Trump.
White home spokeswoman Karolina Leavitt on Friday morning described criticism as ‘fake outrage’.
The movie was later removed, and a White home authoritative stated that "employee mispublished the entry".
Trump distanced himself from the incidental erstwhile he was asked by journalists.
When asked if he would apologize, he replied: "No, I didn't make a mistake."
“If they looked, they would see it, and they would most likely have the sense to remove it” said Trump.
erstwhile asked if he condemned the content of the video, he replied: "Of course it is."
“I think that at the end there was a image that people don’t like.
I wouldn't like it either, but I didn't see it.” – said Trump aboard Air Force One.
A number leader in the home of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, a fresh York Democrat, accused Trump of deliberately publishing "this disgusting movie".
"Fuck Donald Trump and his hideous, racist and malicious behavior.
This guy is an unstable parasite” said Jeffries in a video posted on Instagram.
Republican Senator Tim Scott condemned the film, calling it "the most racist thing I've always seen in the White House."
Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican, stated that the post constitutes ‘serious mistake of assessment’ and called for "clear and unambiguous apologies".
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/632138-trump-bama-monkey-video/
