{"id":7678,"date":"2026-02-16T00:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/?p=7678"},"modified":"2026-02-16T00:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:42:24","slug":"a-video-shared-on-truth-social-by-former-president-donald-trump-has-stirred-up-controversy-due-to-its-depiction-of-barack-and-michelle-obama-as-monkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/?p=7678","title":{"rendered":"A video shared on Truth Social by former President Donald Trump has stirred up controversy due to its depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The uproar was caused by a video that Trump reposted, initially presented as a serious segment from the Patriot News Outlet. The video touched upon a Michigan investigation into the voting systems used in the 2020 presidential election\u2014an election Trump has frequently criticized, alleging fraud despite lacking supporting evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout most of the video, it maintains a serious tone, showing what seems to be an ordinary interview. But in its final moments, the video takes a shocking turn. With \u201cThe Lion Sleeps Tonight\u201d playing, an edited image appears showing the Obamas\u2019 faces on monkey bodies in a jungle-like scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/matheusfeed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/article-2286257-image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The uproar was caused by a video that Trump reposted, initially presented as a serious segment from the Patriot News Outlet. The video touched upon a Michigan&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7679,"href":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7678\/revisions\/7679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshnewsdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}