President Donald Trump recently shared a post that labeled former first lady Michelle Obama an “anti-White racist.” This move comes just two weeks after his Truth Social account featured a video that depicted the only Black first lady, along with former President Barack Obama, as apes. It’s a pretty intense situation, and it really shows a pattern of how these online platforms are being used.
The original post, which President Trump reposted on Saturday, February 21, came from far-right activist Laura Loomer. Loomer’s message wasn’t just about Michelle Obama, though; it also heavily criticized Netflix’s potential acquisition of Warner Bros, according to People.
She argued that such a merger would hugely benefit the Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground Productions, which already creates a ton of content for Netflix. Loomer expressed concerns that if the merger went through, the Obamas’ company would have too much influence, potentially “blasting” what she called “positive messaging of the Democrats’ upcoming witch hunts against Trump.”
Trump keeps going further with his idea that everyone apart from him is a racist
Taking things a step further, Trump didn’t just stop at reposting Loomer’s initial message. In his own caption, he directly targeted another prominent Black woman from the Obama administration, former national security adviser Susan Rice. President Trump suggested that Netflix should “fire racist, Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, or pay the consequences.”
It seems like President Trump’s targeting of Rice stems from her recent appearance on a podcast hosted by former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara. Rice had issued a warning to private corporations that might be bending to pressure from the Trump administration. She basically said that if these companies think Democrats will just “play by the old rules” and forgive them once they’re back in power, they’ve got another thing coming.
Netflix @netflix Board Member Susan Rice @AmbassadorRice says corporations who took a "knee to Trump" will face an "accountability agenda" from elected Democrats if they win the midterms in 2026 and the 2028 Presidential election.
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) February 21, 2026
Does Netflix stand by their Board Member… https://t.co/FmL458ugHm pic.twitter.com/CkjhDXWX0s
Rice explicitly mentioned that companies “better preserve their documents” and “be ready for subpoenas” if they’ve done anything wrong. This is a clear call for accountability, and it’s easy to see how that might ruffle some feathers. The whole situation with President Trump sharing Loomer’s “anti-White racist” allegation is particularly striking because of the recent ape video incident.
Just a couple of weeks prior, a video was uploaded to President Trump’s Truth Social account that ended with the Obamas’ faces superimposed onto the bodies of apes, all while “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” played in the background. That video sparked a huge reaction, and honestly, it was pretty shocking to see.
There was significant bipartisan backlash following that video. Even some Republican politicians, like South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, demanded an apology from President Trump. Senator Scott even said he was “praying” the video was “fake” because he considered it “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.” The video was eventually removed from President Trump’s page, and the White House attributed the post to an unnamed staffer.
However, when a journalist asked Trump on Air Force One on February 6 if he would apologize for the video being on his account, his response was pretty definitive. He replied, “No, I didn’t make a mistake.” He also claimed, “Nobody knew that that was in the end [of the video],” adding that if “they would have seen it and probably they would have had the sense to take it down.”
He later confirmed that no staffers had faced any discipline or been fired over the incident.
