- Trump deleted a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes after widespread condemnation, including from Republicans like Tim Scott and Mike Lawler, who called the post "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House" and demanded an apology.
- The White House claimed an unnamed staffer posted the video, which Trump approved without seeing the racist imagery, and later deleted a post from JD Vance's account acknowledging the Armenian genocide, citing an "error" by another unnamed staffer.
- The MAGA coalition's public posture is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions, with allies like Elon Musk and Steve Bannon bickering and Republicans in Congress falling for troll accounts, as the movement struggles to balance provocation with accountability, according to Sophia Tesfaye, Senior Writer at Salon.
EPSTEIN FILES NOTES
3 individuals mentioned in this article appear in the Epstein files:
Donald Trump appeared in flight logs, black book, emails, and photos released by the DOJ.
Elon Musk exchanged emails with Epstein 2012-2014, discussed visiting his island.
Steve Bannon provided media training to Epstein, exchanged emails about Trump in 2018-2019.
