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After sharing a racist post depicting the Obamas as apes, President Donald Trump seems to be on a mission to “prove” that he’s not racist. Unfortunately, the 79-year-old president seems to be saying, “I’m not racist, I have Black friends,” with his recent posts. Because yes, he really shared multiple images and videos that show him spending time with Black celebrities. And given the timing of it all, it comes across as attempted damage control.
On Wednesday, February 11, Trump reposted several videos . One of the videos shows Trump with Mike Tyson and talks about their “deep friendship” and how much Tyson admires Trump. Hmm, it’s almost as if Trump is still very much centered in all of this.
That video credits Trump with “saving Mike Tyson’s life.”
The clip, which was shared by another creator on TikTok and reposted by Trump on Truth Social, largely focuses on how Trump supported Tyson’s boxing career. It also mentions how Tyson was previously “imprisoned due to charges” and how Trump supported him after his release. In 1992, Tyson was convicted of rape and Trump .
Another video reposted by Trump discusses his relationship with Michael Jackson. It says, “If there was one person Trump stayed loyal to it was Michael Jackson.”
It doesn’t end there, though.
Additionally, Trump posted a video that is sarcastically captioned with, “A timeline of Trump’s bigotry.” The clip is clearly meant to “prove” that Trump is not a bigot. The “evidence?” Photos of Trump with Will Smith, Michael Jackson, Oprah, Snoop Dogg, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and even Barack Obama. The video also includes images of Trump kissing Black children.
Of course, this means nothing to a lot of people on social media. On X, one person wrote, “Just b/c you take some pictures don’t mean you aren’t racist nor a bigot. It just means you wanted photos with people that you knew could make you look better.” Another person wrote, “The simple fact that someone had to make this montage, to prove he’s not racist, says it all!!”
These posts come just after Trump defended his racist post about the Obamas.
Though the post was later deleted after sparking backlash, Trump said he “didn’t make a mistake.” He tried to say he only saw part of the video before it was posted, and the post was blamed on a staffer. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt originally defended the post, saying it was “from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King.”
She added, “Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”
Because of the controversy (and another social media issue involving Vice President JD Vance), a reporter recently asked Leavitt if the White House has a “social media problem.” She simply said, “No.”
Published February 15, 2026