{"id":1959,"date":"2026-02-16T00:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2026-02-16T00:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:34:32","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:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/?p=1959","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><\/p>\n\n\n\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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"colormag-highlighted-post":false,"colormag-featured-post-medium":false,"colormag-featured-post-small":false,"colormag-featured-image":false,"colormag-default-news":false,"colormag-featured-image-large":false},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a080e484c7d6a77ed9c6b5d3a1cb03ceeab83ab23af8cf7159a383525a1697e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"The uproar was caused by a video that Trump reposted, initially presented as a serious segment from the Patriot News","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Uncategorized"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":26,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":1,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":false,"medium":false,"thumbnail":false},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/?author=1"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a080e484c7d6a77ed9c6b5d3a1cb03ceeab83ab23af8cf7159a383525a1697e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-1\">Uncategorized<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1960,"href":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions\/1960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gossipnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}