Trump 2.0’s Most Racist Moments, Ranked

The Obamas-as-apes video is the latest in a long line of racist acts and statements from this administration.

9. Greg Bovino, then-commander-at-large of the U.S. Border Patrol, saying his agents choose the people to arrest based partly on “how they look.”

8. Rallying around a DOGE staffer fired for racist posts.

7. Vance dismissing outrage at a Young Republicans group chat in which participants called black people monkeys and “watermelon people.”

6. Trump cutting admissions for refugees from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, but making an exception for white Afrikaners from South Africa.

5. Trump nominating Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

4. Trump sharing a video of Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero while an AI-generated Chuck Schumer talks about illegal immigrants voting.

3. Trump disparaging Ilhan Omar and Somali Americans.

2. Trump blaming Reagan National Airport plane crash on DEI hiring standards.