The post came months after Trump shared another widely criticized image depicting the Obamas as primates in a jungle setting.3 min readJul 6, 2026 10:01 AM IST First published on: Jul 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM IST ShareWhatsapptwitterFacebookUS President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)US President Donald Trump on Sunday shared a falsified image showing former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama waving atop the steps of Air Force One, with the presidential plane altered to appear spray-painted with graffiti, according to the Associated Press (AP).The post came months after Trump shared another widely criticised image depicting the Obamas as primates in a jungle setting, which he later deleted amid sharp, bipartisan pushback, AP reported.The doctored image showed the Obamas smiling and waving beside a baby-blue-and-white presidential aircraft marked with graffiti reading “Yes We Can,” “Obama” and “BLM,” AP reported. The plane also carried Arabic graffiti reading “Alhamdulillah,” meaning “praise be to God.” The graffiti imagery has historically been used as a coded reference to crime and urban decay in racially charged messaging targeting Black communities.The February post depicting the couple as primates surfaced during the first week of Black History Month and was removed only after backlash from civil rights leaders and Republican senators; Trump did not apologize, and a staffer was later blamed for the post.also read ‘Shame has been lost’: Barack Obama breaks silence on Donald Trump’s viral ‘racist’ video in a powerful defense of public decencyNew Air Force One a sensitive subjectTrump recently took his first flight aboard a new Air Force One a Boeing 747-8 valued at $400 million, gifted by Qatar and retrofitted with a navy-blue, red and gold color scheme in place of the aircraft’s traditional light-blue livery.Story continues below this adThe President spent Sunday at his golf club in Virginia after delivering a speech Saturday on the National Mall marking Independence Day and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He is scheduled to depart Monday for a NATO summit in Turkey. Neither the White House nor a spokeswoman for the Obamas responded to AP’s requests for comment.Most ReadAlso Read ‘No one is above law’: Trump posts AI video of Obama’s ‘arrest’ by FBI amid 2016 US election intelligence rowThe post follows a similar one last month in which Trump shared an altered image of Obama’s presidential library in Chicago, depicting it surrounded by garbage and wasteland, AP reported. Trump wrote at the time, “The Obama Library ten years from now will be a ‘Mecca’ for those who hate America!”Trump’s Sunday posts also included an older photo of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni captioned “RESTRAINING ORDER NEEDED,” AP reported, reviving a dispute after Trump previously suggested Meloni had repeatedly asked him for a photo at the G7 summit. Meloni had called the account “completely fabricated,” saying “Italy and I never beg,” while Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani canceled a planned Washington visit in response, according to AP.AdvertisementLoading Recommendations...AdvertisementLive BlogPune-Mumbai Rains Today LIVE Updates: Highways shut for traffic, trains cancelled after heavy rains trigger landslides on Pune-Mumbai route1 minute agoIndia news LIVE updates, 6 July 2026: Landslides disrupt Mumbai-Pune rail route, 16 trains cancelled, 7 deaths in Mumbai10 minutes agoAlpha Box Office Collection Day 3 Live Update: Alia Bhatt-starrer nears Rs 60 Cr worldwide amid intense trolling13 minutes agoAyatollah Ali Khamenei Funeral Updates: Iran begins a procession through Tehran for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral14 minutes agoMumbai Rains Today Highlights: Pune-Mumbai Expressway shuts for traffic, trains cancelled after heavy rains trigger landslides21 minutes ago