CONTAINS OFFENSIVE CONTENT: Bill Maher compared Trump's viral racist post about the Obamas to a similar racist incident in 2018 involving comedian Roseanne Barr.

The president spoke publicly for the first time since the video was released - to outrage from both Democrats and Republicans - on Air Force One and maintained he did nothing wrong.

The dehumanisation of black people in this way is a trope dating back hundreds of years. It's something which had, for many years, been confined to the dustbin of history, while still very much a part of the vocabulary of white supremacists.

President Donald Trump addressed the mounting controversy surrounding a video that depicts former Democratic President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. The White House...

The video posted by Trump depicting the Obamas as apes is an escalation in the assault that is likely to come on voting rights in the midterm elections.