{"id":25347,"date":"2026-05-07T11:38:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=25347"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:38:37","slug":"barack-obama-responds-publicly-after-donald-trump-shared-an-ai-generated-video-depicting-him-and-michelle-obama-as-apes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=25347","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama responds publicly after Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video depicting him and Michelle Obama as apes"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:402c11ba-2963-4901-bcdb-6acce25f2526-12\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-26\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"1b63b51e-e8de-4b98-b7b5-64ab8f1c1d12\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3-mini\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"186\">Barack Obama responded after Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video that showed him and Michelle Obama in a controversial and offensive depiction, sparking widespread backlash online.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"372\">The clip, posted on Trump\u2019s Truth Social, was linked to voter fraud claims and later defended by Trump as a political \u201cmeme,\u201d while the White House called the criticism \u201cfake outrage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"576\">In an interview with <em data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"411\">The New Yorker<\/em>, Obama said he can accept political attacks but believes family members should be off-limits. He also expressed concern about the misuse of AI in political content.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"578\" data-end=\"761\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The video drew strong criticism from public figures, with calls for condemnation, while Trump refused to apologize, saying the post had been misunderstood and shared online for years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none -mt-px h-px translate-y-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom)-14*var(--spacing))]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barack Obama responded after Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video that showed him and Michelle Obama in a controversial and offensive depiction, sparking widespread backlash online. The clip, posted on Trump\u2019s Truth Social, was linked to voter fraud claims and later defended by Trump as a political \u201cmeme,\u201d while the White House called the criticism&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=25347\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Barack Obama responds publicly after Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video depicting him and Michelle Obama as apes&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25351,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25347\/revisions\/25351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}