"Trump White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the post in a statement: This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King. Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public. But after 12 hours or so, the post was deleted, with an unnamed White House official claiming A White House staffer erroneously made the post."
"Trump addressed the video in comments to reporters on Air Force One Friday night. REPORTER: The social media post that you took down earlier today the White House says that a staffer sent it who sent it and are you going to fire them? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I looked at it, I saw it, and I just looked at the first part."
"Llamas scored a big exclusive interview with Trump pegged to air on Super Bowl Sunday, with clips rolling out in advance.The full conversation aired on Wednesday night's edition of NBC News NOW's Top Story with Tom Llamas. But on Sunday night, a package of about 10 minutes of the 50-minute conversation aired ahead of the Super Bowl pregame show and began with this introduction:"
Trump posted a video on Truth Social showing Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes. The post drew widespread outrage, including from Sen. Tim Scott, who called it the most racist thing he'd seen from the White House. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended it as an internet meme portraying Trump as King of the Jungle and Democrats as Lion King characters. About 12 hours later the post was deleted; an unnamed White House official said a staffer had erroneously posted it. NBC aired a pre-Super Bowl segment of a longer interview in which Trump said he had only seen the first part and did not see the image.
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