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Dulcinea

(10,520 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 08:29 AM 8 hrs ago

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 8 hrs ago OP
Because depictions of simians weren't enough . . . . . no_hypocrisy 8 hrs ago #1
Poor lonely old man has nothing to do but forever spiral off into old resentments. enough 8 hrs ago #2
This sick, twisted, crazy old man has the nuclear codes. niyad 8 hrs ago #4
Falsified Imagery ahnakneemoose 8 hrs ago #3
It's good to see Barack Obama still lives rent free in Trump's head. Ray Bruns 8 hrs ago #5
God, trump is one miserable SOB! Omnipresent 7 hrs ago #6
Was it Trump who posted it, or was it Natalie Harp? intheflow 7 hrs ago #7
convenient, that. maxsolomon 2 hrs ago #9
C'mon. intheflow 31 min ago #14
I don't think YOU were making excuses. maxsolomon 15 min ago #15
Trump's Obama Derangement Syndrome is unrelenting. A sign of his mental disintegration. Martin68 4 hrs ago #8
He's a big baby Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 2 hrs ago #10
that demented POS is "representing" America on the world stage Skittles 2 hrs ago #11
Cheung with Trumps approval. BradBo 1 hr ago #12
Ridiculous LiberalLovinLug 33 min ago #13

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
8 hrs ago

Pathetic.

ahnakneemoose

(91 posts)
3. Falsified Imagery
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 08:41 AM
8 hrs ago

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
7 hrs ago

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

maxsolomon

(39,501 posts)
9. convenient, that.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:42 PM
2 hrs ago

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
31 min 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

(39,501 posts)
15. I don't think YOU were making excuses.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:02 PM
15 min 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

(173,785 posts)
11. that demented POS is "representing" America on the world stage
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 03:10 PM
2 hrs ago

that is just SOOOOO fucked up

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