Can’t believe I voted for you Mr. President. It’s a new low everyday,” read one comment on the president's video.

Leavitt said the video was “a meme” based on ‘The Lion King’. But there are no apes in the film, people were quick to point out.

President Donald Trump posted a clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, enraging his critics who called out his “disgusting behavior.” The clip, which superimposed the Obamas’ faces on apes to the tune of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,

Illinois lawmakers, including JB Pritzker and Dick Durbin, condemned Donald Trump's sharing of an AI video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.

Trump won a legal victory as an appeals court, led by an Obama-appointed judge, allowed his administration’s DEI ban to proceed.