President Donald Trump refused to apologise Friday for posting and then deleting a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle, claiming he hadn’t seen the final frames with the offensive content and blaming a staffer for the error.
The statement, given to reporters on Air Force One, was the first admission that Trump had personally watched at least part of the tape that had sent the White House into damage management mode for the majority of the day. Following the video’s removal, the White House stated that a staffer had shared it in error.
The video was posted late Thursday night and remained online for nearly 12 hours before the White House removed it amid bipartisan criticism, even from close Trump friends. The president, however, asserted Friday evening that the video was removed “as soon as we learned about it. It was a very strong post in terms of voter fraud,” he claimed. “Nobody realised that was the end. If they had looked, they would have noticed it and presumably had the foresight to take it down. Trump stated that after watching the first section of the video, he forwarded it to a staff member, who he claimed should have viewed it all the way through.
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