White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed on Tuesday on whether the administration is facing a “social media problem” after two controversial posts, one from President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account and another from Vice President JD Vance’s X account, were posted and then deleted within days of each other.
The question followed backlash over a Truth Social post shared by Trump last Thursday evening. The video repeated baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and ended with a short clip showing former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama with their faces superimposed onto apes’ bodies. The post drew swift condemnation from lawmakers across party lines, media figures, and political commentators, who criticised it as racist.
