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Donald Trump video portraying Obama’s as apes

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Moen · 06/02/2026 12:13

Sorry if I missed a thread, but has anyone else seen this?

It’s fucking disgusting.

I thought nothing this man could do would shock me anymore, how can he still be in office?

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JHound · 08/02/2026 16:58

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 08/02/2026 08:44

Then go and find a superior source of information to fucking educate yourself about why the old racist trope of comparing black people to monkeys is so deeply offensive.

Of course, if you actually cared, you'd have done it by now already.

Shame on you for seeking to defend the indefensible.

That person is simply racist - best ignored. Them alleging Google is not “neutral” as an reason to not research is just a lazy excuse.

Clavinova · 08/02/2026 16:32

Sweetiedarling7 · 08/02/2026 08:51

Yes.
This is why sex offenders frequently want a female barrister or spokesperson.
See also Farage dancing with Priti Patel.

See also Farage dancing with Priti Patel

It's widely known that Priti Patel and Nigel Farage are long-standing friends (20 years) - or at least they were.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 08/02/2026 16:20

sidebirds · 08/02/2026 16:13

A neutral source of reference is invaluable. 'Google' both censors results and gives prominence to those that promote the leftist agenda favoured by the company. The 'Brave' browser is recommended as a politically unbiased search-engine; it also doesn't track you. For so-called 'confirmation bias', stick with 'Google' 🤷🏽‍♀️

So have you managed to use your superior source of information to educate yourself yet on why portraying black people as monkeys is considered horribly racist?

Why not come and tell us what you have learned?

sidebirds · 08/02/2026 16:13

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 08/02/2026 13:23

I don't suppose that @sidebirds would consider The Economist to be a sufficiently "superior" source of information.

I don't think she will engage with facts. She is only interested in "information" (sic) that can be used to back up her preferred narrative.

There is no point in trying to educate people like this. They are beyond help.

A neutral source of reference is invaluable. 'Google' both censors results and gives prominence to those that promote the leftist agenda favoured by the company. The 'Brave' browser is recommended as a politically unbiased search-engine; it also doesn't track you. For so-called 'confirmation bias', stick with 'Google' 🤷🏽‍♀️

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 08/02/2026 13:23

PandoraSocks · 08/02/2026 09:26

Some graphs from The Economist for @sidebirds .

I don't suppose that @sidebirds would consider The Economist to be a sufficiently "superior" source of information.

I don't think she will engage with facts. She is only interested in "information" (sic) that can be used to back up her preferred narrative.

There is no point in trying to educate people like this. They are beyond help.

localnotail · 08/02/2026 13:17

@sidebirds unemployment in the US is a nightmare at the moment and everyone who is dealing with import/ export are really struggling because of the retarded tariffs. Haulage companies are on their knees. Not enough doctors. Difficult to get appointments. The country is fucked.

PandoraSocks · 08/02/2026 09:26

Some graphs from The Economist for @sidebirds .

Donald Trump video portraying Obama’s as apes
Donald Trump video portraying Obama’s as apes
Donald Trump video portraying Obama’s as apes
GasperyJacquesRoberts · 08/02/2026 09:18

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 08/02/2026 09:11

I suspect that the pp's "superior" sources of information probably told her that he was a communist. Wink

Yes, I suspect that Truth Social, r/Conservative and The Daily Wire play a notable role.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 08/02/2026 09:11

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 08/02/2026 09:06

Oh look. A Trump supporter who doesn't understand what Communism is but repeats the blatant lie that Mamdani is a Communist. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you... well not that shocked.

Also unemployment since Trump came in to office a year ago has steadily increased as has inflation. Facts don't care about your feelings, despite the stories you're telling about your entirely believable and definitely real interactions with a wholesome mix of US citizens.

I suspect that the pp's "superior" sources of information probably told her that he was a communist. Wink

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 08/02/2026 09:06

sidebirds · 08/02/2026 02:41

Everyone I spoke to (again - personal experience not a 'scientific' survey) was saying that the economy is thriving since Trump was re-elected, meaning that the cost of living has gone down, cheaper food prices (except New York😮‍💨 - and this will only get worse now they have rashly elected a communist mayor: will have a detrimental effect on tourism there), increased job opportunities, cheaper fuel - huge difference to all the Uber drivers we met, many being black or Hispanic, who could now do that job again (often as a second job) after being forced to quit with the crazy fuel price-hikes under Biden. One (white) Uber driver was saying he had a small (8 vehicle) truck company pre-Biden. Fuel price-hikes destroyed his business.

Oh look. A Trump supporter who doesn't understand what Communism is but repeats the blatant lie that Mamdani is a Communist. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you... well not that shocked.

Also unemployment since Trump came in to office a year ago has steadily increased as has inflation. Facts don't care about your feelings, despite the stories you're telling about your entirely believable and definitely real interactions with a wholesome mix of US citizens.

PandoraSocks · 08/02/2026 09:02

@sidebirds is still defending racism I see. Very odd behaviour.

Sweetiedarling7 · 08/02/2026 08:51

RichardOnslowRoper · 07/02/2026 09:58

Having black and brown people in your cabinet does not mean you are not racist. The PoC are weapons used against other PoC. Like Usha Vance, treated like dirt by her own husband.
The same seen in the UK, where PoC are used to announce just about every racist iniative, like sending refugees to Rwanda.

Yes.
This is why sex offenders frequently want a female barrister or spokesperson.
See also Farage dancing with Priti Patel.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 08/02/2026 08:44

sidebirds · 08/02/2026 02:44

Naturally I don't use 'Google'. A neutral source of information is a superior choice.

Then go and find a superior source of information to fucking educate yourself about why the old racist trope of comparing black people to monkeys is so deeply offensive.

Of course, if you actually cared, you'd have done it by now already.

Shame on you for seeking to defend the indefensible.

MrsFrumble · 08/02/2026 02:57

The cost of living has not gone down. I live in the US, in a red state in the south; we moved here 18 months ago for DH’s work, 6 months before Trump was inaugurated. Groceries, energy and eating out all cost more than they did in summer 2024. Gas prices fluctuate but are no way consistently less than when we arrived.

BTW, we also lived here during the Obama years and the cost of living was genuinely affordable.

Lambington · 08/02/2026 02:52

The USA should be excluded from the Winter Olympics same as Russia.

sidebirds · 08/02/2026 02:44

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 07/02/2026 09:55

How can you possibly be "bewildered"?

Ask MNHQ why your post was deleted if you really don't understand. But frankly, you could have done a quick google in the time that it would have taken you to write this post to find out why your post would have been considered horribly racist. If you actually wanted to know.

If you are genuinely as shockingly ignorant as you are claiming to be, then it's about time you educated yourself. Personally, I think you know exactly why your post was deleted and you're just being disingenuous.

Disgusting.

Naturally I don't use 'Google'. A neutral source of information is a superior choice.

sidebirds · 08/02/2026 02:41

Carla786 · 07/02/2026 02:51

Thank you, that's very intetesting.This is an important point. Previous Democrat governments failed to deal properly with unemployment, so I can understand people voting Trump not because they necessarily think he's a great person but because they felt he would materially improve their lives.

Can I ask what the Uber drivers liked about Trump? Anything particular he'd done?

Everyone I spoke to (again - personal experience not a 'scientific' survey) was saying that the economy is thriving since Trump was re-elected, meaning that the cost of living has gone down, cheaper food prices (except New York😮‍💨 - and this will only get worse now they have rashly elected a communist mayor: will have a detrimental effect on tourism there), increased job opportunities, cheaper fuel - huge difference to all the Uber drivers we met, many being black or Hispanic, who could now do that job again (often as a second job) after being forced to quit with the crazy fuel price-hikes under Biden. One (white) Uber driver was saying he had a small (8 vehicle) truck company pre-Biden. Fuel price-hikes destroyed his business.

Maggiethecat · 07/02/2026 16:00

Lndnmummy · 06/02/2026 14:43

They 'the people' voted for this racist scum of a human being. Not one person can say they didn't know what they voted for. Of course they did. UK and Farage will be next.

I agree. As Jamie Foxx said recently, it wasn’t really about the price of eggs.

Thedogscollar · 07/02/2026 14:58

sidebirds · 07/02/2026 02:18

Bewildered as to how I was deemed/ perceived as 'racist' for using the term 'trained monkeys' - a well-known term unrelated to race, and equivalent (for example) to the notion of the human being a 'reasoning ape'. My point (now lost as the post has been unaccountably deleted) was that it struck me that the behaviour of the Obamas was as such (i.e. behaving like puppets) - and I suggested this was the angle of the 2 second clip in the Donald Trump video. Entirely unrelated to race in other words. As mentioned in the deleted post the evidence that Trump is anything but racially prejudiced is clear in his cabinet appointments as well as the improvement to the lives of black and hispanic citizens engendered during his presidency. I am mixed race myself, as can be ascertained by checking some of my old posts. But 'ban the racist! kick her out!'. Try engaging in respectful debate, perhaps🤷🏽‍♀️

We all see you.
You can be quiet now please as your inane excuses for this POS President have left us in no doubt where you stand.

simpsonthecat · 07/02/2026 12:36

Bewildered as to how I was deemed/ perceived as 'racist' for using the term 'trained monkeys'

About the Obamas.
If you don't know, there is no one on this earth who can explain it to you.

Totally pointless to even try.

JHound · 07/02/2026 12:16

And people pretending Trump is not massively racist and obsessed with Obama are forgetting he was a huge proponent of the Birther conspiracy theory which insisted that Obama could not possibly be a real American for “reasons”.

JHound · 07/02/2026 12:14

Sweetiedarling7 · 07/02/2026 09:11

Yes. This video is entirely in line with everything he says and does. There is no way that it was a mistake.
The even bigger shame is the enablers around trump.
Only a couple of republican politicians have spoken out against portraying black people as monkeys.
Silence means either agreement or cowardice.
Even some black republicans are saying nothing.
Much like the black and asian members of Reform or women who hang around misogynistic men they fool themselves that they can be part of the gang if they say and do the right things in a desperate pick me charade when in reality they are all just turkeys voting for christmas.

If there is anything more embarrassing than black MAGAts I have yet to see it.

JHound · 07/02/2026 12:13

RichardOnslowRoper · 07/02/2026 09:58

Having black and brown people in your cabinet does not mean you are not racist. The PoC are weapons used against other PoC. Like Usha Vance, treated like dirt by her own husband.
The same seen in the UK, where PoC are used to announce just about every racist iniative, like sending refugees to Rwanda.

This.

They are shields and fairly transparent ones too.

JHound · 07/02/2026 12:11

sidebirds · 07/02/2026 02:18

Bewildered as to how I was deemed/ perceived as 'racist' for using the term 'trained monkeys' - a well-known term unrelated to race, and equivalent (for example) to the notion of the human being a 'reasoning ape'. My point (now lost as the post has been unaccountably deleted) was that it struck me that the behaviour of the Obamas was as such (i.e. behaving like puppets) - and I suggested this was the angle of the 2 second clip in the Donald Trump video. Entirely unrelated to race in other words. As mentioned in the deleted post the evidence that Trump is anything but racially prejudiced is clear in his cabinet appointments as well as the improvement to the lives of black and hispanic citizens engendered during his presidency. I am mixed race myself, as can be ascertained by checking some of my old posts. But 'ban the racist! kick her out!'. Try engaging in respectful debate, perhaps🤷🏽‍♀️

Racists will always make excuses for other racists.

Having black and brown persons in your cabinet does not make him non racist, the many black women losing jobs will beg to differ that he made their lives better and the fact that majorities of black and brown voters rejected attests to their thoughts on him.

But I repeat, racists will always make excuses for racists.

LizzybugMeeting · 07/02/2026 10:08

Going by current vote numbers there must have been 15 people reading this and thinking it's perfectly fine having this racist turd in the White house. Yet I've not seen that many posters who defended it. Are they ashamed of is it too hard to explain?

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