{"id":87849,"date":"2026-02-17T01:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=87849"},"modified":"2026-02-17T01:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:24:53","slug":"barack-obamas-brutal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=87849","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama\u2019s brutal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former President <strong>Barack Obama<\/strong> has spoken out after President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> shared \u2014 and later deleted \u2014 a video depicting Obama and former First Lady <strong>Michelle Obama<\/strong> as apes. The clip, originally posted on Truth Social, drew bipartisan condemnation, with critics calling it racist and inflammatory. Trump did not apologize, saying a staff member had posted it and describing it as parody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a Feb. 14 interview with YouTuber <strong>Brian Tyler Cohen<\/strong>, Obama called the imagery \u201cdeeply troubling,\u201d arguing it reflects a broader decline in political decorum. He said most Americans still value \u201cdecency, courtesy, and kindness,\u201d contrasting that with what he described as a \u201cclown show\u201d atmosphere in parts of media and social platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republican Senator <strong>Tim Scott<\/strong> criticized the video, while White House Press Secretary <strong>Karoline Leavitt<\/strong> dismissed backlash as \u201cfake outrage.\u201d Obama added that voters will ultimately judge the tone and direction of today\u2019s political climate at the ballot box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=87830\">also read&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Barack Obama has spoken out after President Donald Trump shared \u2014 and later deleted \u2014 a video depicting Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87850,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87849\/revisions\/87850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}