Talking with reporters aboard Air Pressure One on Friday, February 6, the president was requested whether or not he would apologize for posting the video, which superimposed the faces of Barack and Michelle Obama onto the our bodies of two apes as The Tokens’ music The Lion Sleeps Tonight performed within the background.
“No, I did not make a mistake,” Trump stated. “I imply, I have a look at a whole lot of 1000’s of issues. I appeared initially of it. It was advantageous.”
The president went on to say the video was related to false allegations of voter fraud following the 2020 presidential election, which he misplaced to Joe Biden. “I assume it was a take off on The Lion King and definitely it was a really robust publish by way of voter fraud,” he stated.
After Biden’s victory, Trump repeatedly promoted debunked claims that the election was stolen from him.
“No one knew that that was in the long run. If they might have seen it and possibly they might have had the sense to take it down,” Trump added.
The video was later faraway from Reality Social.