USA: former president Obama reacts to racist depiction by Trump

Former US president Barack Obama has reacted to a racist AI-generated video depicting himself and his wife Michelle Obama as apes. The video was shared by current US president Donald Trump, who claimed that he had not seen the part of the video showing the Obamas.

Donald Trump is not known for liking Barack Obama. He usually refers to his predecessor exclusively as “Barack Hussein Obama”, emphasising Obama’s second name.

But Trump’s…