Plan B Forum

US President Donald Trump has removed a social media video which included a racist clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.

The clip - set to the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight - was at the end of a 62-second video he shared containing claims about voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Trump said: "I didn't make a mistake". He added he had only seen the beginning of the video before it was posted by a staff member and didn't know it contained that depiction of the Obamas.

Republican Senator Tim Scott - who is black - had called for the president to remove the post, describing it as "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House".

The White House initially defended the clip as an "internet meme video" and told critics to "stop the fake outrage".