The White House said a staffer had posted a video depicting the former president and his wife as apes by mistake

US President Donald Trump has declined to apologize after a video depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as apes was posted to his Truth Social account. The now-deleted clip was condemned by both Democrats and Republicans as racist and deeply offensive.

According to Axios, the video was posted to Trump’s account on Thursday night and remained online for nearly 12 hours. The AI-generated clip was originally created by an account that posts pro-Trump memes.

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt dismissed the backlash on Friday morning as “fake outrage.” The video was later taken down, and a White House official said a “staffer erroneously made the post. Trump refuses to apologize for Obama monkey meme — RT World News