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President Donald Trump has yanked off racist video he posted against the 44th President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama.
Earlier on Friday, Trump posted a video depicting Barrack and Michelle Obama as apes on his Truth Social account.
The action had sparked global outrage, with many mounting pressure on the American President to take it down.
Apparently bowing to pressure, the video was taken down hours after it went live.
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The White House, which initially defended the post, made a U-Turn by blaming a staff member for the video, explaining that it had been removed.
Prior to its removal, Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, described the post as racist.
“Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House. The President should remove it,” the chair of the Senate GOP campaign committee, wrote on X.
CNN quoted a GOP Senate official as saying Republican lawmakers had called Trump to discuss the post with him.
