Barack Obama breaks silence over Trump’s ‘racist’ video of him and Michelle

Obama slammed the video as a ‘distraction’ (Pictures: AP/Brian Tyler Cohen)

Former US President Barack Obama has responded to the deeply offensive AI video Donald Trump posted earlier this month.

Trump posted a video on Truth Social showing Barack and Michelle Obama’s faces on ape bodies – sparking outrage from both sides of the political spectrum.

The minute-long video about rigged voting machines, which has since been deleted, showed a two-second shot of the former President and First Lady as apes.