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Dulcinea

(10,525 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 08:29 AM Yesterday

Trump posts a doctored photo of the Obamas and Air Force One with graffiti spray-painted on plane

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday posted a falsified image of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, waving before boarding an Air Force One that had been spray-painted with graffiti.

It came months after another racist post by the president that showed the couple as primates in a jungle. That one was deleted after stiff, bipartisan backlash.

The latest image shows the Obamas smiling and waving at the top of stairs alongside a baby blue and white presidential plane with graffiti painted on it that included the Democrat’s campaign slogan “Yes We Can,” “Obama” and “BLM,” short for Black Lives Matter. The post also shows graffiti in Arabic on the plane that says the phrase “alhamdulillah,” which means “praise be to God” or “thank God.”

The use of graffiti is a coded message to remind people of crime and urban decay and has been used in racist messaging against Black people in the past.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-obama-post-air-force-one-98403ac6ac0eca0a891fa91d6e391b56

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Trump posts a doctored photo of the Obamas and Air Force One with graffiti spray-painted on plane (Original Post) Dulcinea Yesterday OP
Because depictions of simians weren't enough . . . . . no_hypocrisy Yesterday #1
Poor lonely old man has nothing to do but forever spiral off into old resentments. enough Yesterday #2
This sick, twisted, crazy old man has the nuclear codes. niyad Yesterday #4
Falsified Imagery ahnakneemoose Yesterday #3
It's good to see Barack Obama still lives rent free in Trump's head. Ray Bruns Yesterday #5
God, trump is one miserable SOB! Omnipresent Yesterday #6
Was it Trump who posted it, or was it Natalie Harp? intheflow Yesterday #7
convenient, that. maxsolomon Yesterday #9
C'mon. intheflow 22 hrs ago #14
I don't think YOU were making excuses. maxsolomon 22 hrs ago #15
Is she a racist too? vapor2 18 hrs ago #16
Trump's Obama Derangement Syndrome is unrelenting. A sign of his mental disintegration. Martin68 Yesterday #8
He's a big baby Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #10
that demented POS is "representing" America on the world stage Skittles Yesterday #11
Cheung with Trumps approval. BradBo 23 hrs ago #12
Ridiculous LiberalLovinLug 22 hrs ago #13
Absolutely appalling trusty elf 13 hrs ago #17

enough

(13,819 posts)
2. Poor lonely old man has nothing to do but forever spiral off into old resentments.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 08:41 AM
Yesterday

Pathetic.

ahnakneemoose

(100 posts)
3. Falsified Imagery
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 08:41 AM
Yesterday

Perhaps someone in our government should 'Force-a-Stop' to this specific type of insanity.

intheflow

(30,319 posts)
7. Was it Trump who posted it, or was it Natalie Harp?
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 10:08 AM
Yesterday

I hear she's the driving force behind his racist Obama posts.

maxsolomon

(39,516 posts)
9. convenient, that.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:42 PM
Yesterday

It wasn't the President Troll trolling, it was his young blonde handmaiden!

His account, his trolling.

intheflow

(30,319 posts)
14. C'mon.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:46 PM
22 hrs ago

You don't think I was making excuses for him, do you? Just stating that many of his most of overtly delusional posts come at her behest. Of course Trump is a racist troll POS. It's still true that Natalie Harp was the force behind his Obamas as apes and the
Trump-Jesus posts. She has permission to troll on Trump's behalf. What's your beef with my post, exactly?

maxsolomon

(39,516 posts)
15. I don't think YOU were making excuses.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:02 PM
22 hrs ago

But that's what I'm seeing now when he posts his trolling bullshit - the readymade deflection of Natalie Harp is right where everyone's mind goes.

Skittles

(173,825 posts)
11. that demented POS is "representing" America on the world stage
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 03:10 PM
Yesterday

that is just SOOOOO fucked up

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