Washington –
Former U.S. President Barack Obama criticized a lack of shame and decorum in the country’s political discourse, responding Saturday for the first time to a post on Donald Trump’s social media account that depicted him and first lady Michelle as monkeys.
In a wide-ranging podcast interview with left-wing political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen released Saturday, Obama also compared the actions of agents enforcing the president’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota to dictatorships.
The video, shared on Trump’s Truth Social account on Feb. 5, sparked censure across the U.S. political spectrum, with the White House initially rejecting “fake outrage” only to then blame the post on an error by a staff member and taking it down.