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Miles Archer

(22,360 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:24 AM Feb 7

Trump: "I didn't see the whole thing. I'm not apologizing. I didn't make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King."

Acyn

‪@acyn.bsky.social‬

Reporter: The WH says a staffer sent that video. Are you going to fire the staffer?

Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.

Reporter: Are you going to apologize?

Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.

Reporter: The WH says a staffer sent that video. Are you going to fire the staffer?

Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.

Reporter: Are you going to apologize?

Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.

Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T02:50:45.622Z
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Trump: "I didn't see the whole thing. I'm not apologizing. I didn't make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King." (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 7 OP
Liar................ Lovie777 Feb 7 #1
So you re-tweeted something that that you hadn't even looked at the whole thing. That's a huge mistake. Walleye Feb 7 #2
It's his equivalent of Congressional Republicans claiming "I DIDN'T SEE THE PRESIDENT'S POST." Miles Archer Feb 7 #5
It wasn't a mistake. calguy Feb 7 #6
He doesn't care because he made his racist fans feel good Walleye Feb 7 #21
That's a fact. calguy Feb 7 #28
He saw the whole thing. Talitha Feb 7 #18
Absolutely and probably laughed. I don't believe a word that comes out of his filthy mouth. Walleye Feb 7 #22
"It wasn't a mistake." (equals sign) "I meant to do that." eShirl Feb 7 #3
If by not a mistake he means it was intentional then OK. Solly Mack Feb 7 #4
Shut The Fuck Up, Piggy dalton99a Feb 7 #7
Fuck you, Piggy orangecrush Feb 7 #8
right... and Schumer told him to B.See Feb 7 #9
My head's still spinning over Trump's Schumer claim Miles Archer Feb 7 #12
Most of his lies are outlandish. I don't know why anybody ever believes them or repeats them. Walleye Feb 7 #23
... more like B.See Feb 7 #37
More Cohen shining through...NEVER admit a mistake. Ferrets are Cool Feb 7 #10
Any point in posting that Trump is lying? Botany Feb 7 #11
Maybe it's Trump's idea of "payback" for the White House Correspondents Dinner... Miles Archer Feb 7 #13
Trump was told by Putin during his 2013 visit to Russia for his beauty pageant that he will run for. .... Botany Feb 7 #14
And Putin hates Hillary, with her clear-eyed foreign policy Walleye Feb 7 #24
35% of Americans are racist, sexist, Christo Fascist, and are generationally or socially raised stupid mother .... Botany Sunday #42
Yes, and that percentage of people believe that we import immigrants to vote and that's how we win Walleye Sunday #44
You can't fix stupid or being stupid intentionally Botany Sunday #45
I think Mark Twain said "it's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled" Walleye Sunday #46
I think over half of them know they are being lied to but the lies make them feel better about being total .... Botany Sunday #47
I think that is accurate and correct Walleye Sunday #48
Just like listening to Fox or Rush or Trump their bigotry and stupidity is reinforced by the right wing mis- Botany Sunday #50
Taking personal responsibility is not in his DNA. Emile Feb 7 #15
He posted it to shore up his support with the racist MAGA base. The racism is what they love about him. Doodley Feb 7 #16
"Make America Great Again" has ALWAYS been a DOG WHISTLE for... Miles Archer Feb 7 #17
When he uses the word "riggers" when talking about voter fraud, over and over again, they know what he means to say. Swede Feb 7 #19
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 7 #38
He's the Lyin' King alright. GoodRaisin Feb 7 #20
Suuure. And the dog ate the script. Ping Tung Feb 7 #25
Fuck you, pedophile Aviation Pro Feb 7 #26
95 percent of the video is about voter fraud Johonny Feb 7 #27
"I didn't make a mistake" is a sign this is an evergreen thing to poke at him with. RockRaven Feb 7 #29
"I didn't see the whole thing" Well, that's OK then! Liberal In Texas Feb 7 #30
It doesn't really matter who sent it. If it was done by a staffer, that staffer knew full well... 3catwoman3 Feb 7 #31
And then there's this weak sauce BS from Senator Cassidy - 3catwoman3 Feb 7 #32
"And any videos of me with young girls is just a clip from a new film about Heidi." Vinca Feb 7 #33
More like "Scar's Revenge" than "The Lion King". no_hypocrisy Feb 7 #34
This proves canetoad Feb 7 #35
I recall no ape characters in the original Lion King movie. Am I wrong? 0rganism Feb 7 #36
What a fucking bdamomma Feb 7 #39
I don't give a flying f**k what he said IzzaNuDay Feb 7 #40
Uhh...yeah. Yeah, right. jmowreader Feb 7 #41
So lions @ the Bronx Zoo talk to the Zookeepers? Botany Sunday #43
In cartoons they do jmowreader Sunday #52
"In cartoons they do" Botany Sunday #53
Pants on fire... spanone Sunday #49
There are no apes in The Lion King. Also, Bill Maher underpants Sunday #51
So not only is he awake during the wee small hours obsessed with posting crap on Truth Social, Emrys Sunday #54
"A mistake"? Riiiiight, donnie dipshit.... electric_blue68 Sunday #55

Walleye

(44,156 posts)
2. So you re-tweeted something that that you hadn't even looked at the whole thing. That's a huge mistake.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:26 AM
Feb 7

Apologize now, idiot, your dick won’t fall off

Miles Archer

(22,360 posts)
5. It's his equivalent of Congressional Republicans claiming "I DIDN'T SEE THE PRESIDENT'S POST."
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:30 AM
Feb 7

Their normal knee-jerk reaction, used often by MAGAt Moses Mikey Johnson.

The Sgt Schultz defense: "I know NOTHING! I see NOTHING!"

Walleye

(44,156 posts)
22. Absolutely and probably laughed. I don't believe a word that comes out of his filthy mouth.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 12:17 PM
Feb 7

We know his low class taste has been on display. This is the kind of thing he likes.

Solly Mack

(96,715 posts)
4. If by not a mistake he means it was intentional then OK.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:29 AM
Feb 7

Because it was intentional and he is comfortable with the racism because he is a racist.

B.See

(8,084 posts)
9. right... and Schumer told him to
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:35 AM
Feb 7

put his name on everything. "I don't know nuthin.'

Y'know, if you're going to be a ratfk, at least be a ratfk with some SPINE.

Miles Archer

(22,360 posts)
12. My head's still spinning over Trump's Schumer claim
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:43 AM
Feb 7

I guess Trump is way past the point of caring about whether anyone is going to "fact check" him. Yeah...I'm sure Schumer is JUST LIKE JOHN ROBERTS, telling Trump "Do whatever makes YOU feel good."

B.See

(8,084 posts)
37. ... more like
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 06:19 PM
Feb 7

out of his arse. ...a raving racist lunatic ratfk and rapist... soiling America from the Oval office while pocketing billions. America's punishment, for abiding this kind of evil. teaches US to let a cancer linger, does it not?

Miles Archer

(22,360 posts)
13. Maybe it's Trump's idea of "payback" for the White House Correspondents Dinner...
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:46 AM
Feb 7

...Obama, trolling him to his face, over his bullshit racist "birther" nonsense, showing a clip of The Lion King while saying "Here's an actual clip of my birth ceremony."

I'm one of those people who believes that if it wasn't the sole reason, that dinner was a major contributing factor in Trump's decision to run and "seek revenge" against Obama's remarks that evening.

Botany

(76,786 posts)
14. Trump was told by Putin during his 2013 visit to Russia for his beauty pageant that he will run for. ....
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:55 AM
Feb 7

…. POTUS in 2016. Putin had all kinds of Kompromat on him. Epstein had been providing Putin
that Kompromat by then and Putin got Trump on video watching 2 Russian Prostitutes having a
“water sports” show in Donny’s hotel room.

Walleye

(44,156 posts)
24. And Putin hates Hillary, with her clear-eyed foreign policy
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 12:21 PM
Feb 7

Just makes me sick. How many Americans fell for this shit

Botany

(76,786 posts)
42. 35% of Americans are racist, sexist, Christo Fascist, and are generationally or socially raised stupid mother ....
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 07:31 AM
Sunday

…. fuckers who are such dip shits that they think that Dr. Fauci is responsible for COVID 19 disease
because he paid a Chinese lab in Wuhan to produce the virus even though molecular geneticists who
are called evolutionary biologists traced the virus back to the wet markets in Wuhan using genomic
technology. However just like 2024 in 2016 Hillary got a big undervote where people showed up to
vote but just decided to skip voting for President. But that 35% of mouth breathers let the Republicans
and the powers that be along with using the electoral college to steal the Presidency.

If Hillary had her rightfully won Presidency C-19 would not have been anywhere near as bad as
it was.



Walleye

(44,156 posts)
44. Yes, and that percentage of people believe that we import immigrants to vote and that's how we win
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 07:49 AM
Sunday

They believe that most of their fellow Americans are liars and cheats, because that’s what they are. And if Hillary had won, we wouldn’t be wholly owned by Russia now

Botany

(76,786 posts)
45. You can't fix stupid or being stupid intentionally
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 08:23 AM
Sunday

The illegal immigrants are voting is just as stupid ask people saying that Dr. Fauci is responsible for
COVID…. You can’t vote unless you are an American Citizen and if you came into America illegally
you can’t become a LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZEN to vote.

Botany

(76,786 posts)
47. I think over half of them know they are being lied to but the lies make them feel better about being total ....
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 09:43 AM
Sunday

…. unAmerican shits.

Botany

(76,786 posts)
50. Just like listening to Fox or Rush or Trump their bigotry and stupidity is reinforced by the right wing mis-
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 10:18 AM
Sunday

information machine and family, friends, co workers, and billions of dollars supporting those lies. In
Germany in 1862 it was proven that the more CO 2 you have in a body of gas the more heat that body
gas will hold and that has never been disproven one time but millions of Americans say that climate
change is “a liberal hoax.”

Emile

(41,540 posts)
15. Taking personal responsibility is not in his DNA.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:10 AM
Feb 7

He plays that victim bullshit with every breath he takes. The weirdos that voted for him eat that shit up, and believe it too.

Miles Archer

(22,360 posts)
17. "Make America Great Again" has ALWAYS been a DOG WHISTLE for...
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:59 AM
Feb 7

"...Make America WHITE Again," and the LONG-FORM version of that is "Make America White Again After Eight Years Of A Black Man In The White House."

Melania had the Michelle Obama bathroom gutted and completely rebuilt because she could not stand the idea of her regal ass sitting on the same commode as a Black woman.

Swede

(38,860 posts)
19. When he uses the word "riggers" when talking about voter fraud, over and over again, they know what he means to say.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 11:30 AM
Feb 7

nt

Response to Doodley (Reply #16)

RockRaven

(18,990 posts)
29. "I didn't make a mistake" is a sign this is an evergreen thing to poke at him with.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 01:01 PM
Feb 7

He's dug in, but clearly in the wrong, so keep poking. His reactions will only get more ridiculous.

Liberal In Texas

(16,121 posts)
30. "I didn't see the whole thing" Well, that's OK then!
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 01:31 PM
Feb 7

So you're saying, Donnie, you post crap without even looking at it.
So not looking at what you post prevents a mistake, apparently.
What a putz.

3catwoman3

(28,989 posts)
31. It doesn't really matter who sent it. If it was done by a staffer, that staffer knew full well...
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 04:29 PM
Feb 7

...that TSF would be in complete agreement with the content and meaning.

3catwoman3

(28,989 posts)
32. And then there's this weak sauce BS from Senator Cassidy -
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 04:33 PM
Feb 7

""Thank you to President Trump for taking down the post about the Obamas," wrote Cassidy on X. "He made significant inroads with his outreach in the African American community which we need to continue. His post sent the wrong message despite how it may have been originally intended."

There is only one possible interpretation.

0rganism

(25,538 posts)
36. I recall no ape characters in the original Lion King movie. Am I wrong?
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 05:48 PM
Feb 7

Clearly this question has been on more minds than mine, as when I went to google it, and typed
"were there"
in the search bar, it instantly auto-completed a selection list to several variations of
"were there apes in The Lion King?"
Apparently Google's AI doesn't think so, also noting that Rafiki is modeled from a mandrill rather than a baboon as I had previously erroneously surmised.

Anyway, "take off The Lion King" looks like it's just another rather obvious racist trumplie.

Next question: will our intrepid WH press corps(e), the top ambassadors from our beloved 4th estate, raise this as a natural follow up?

bdamomma

(69,379 posts)
39. What a fucking
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 07:27 PM
Feb 7

liar!!! Roy Cohn taught this POS well. Never back down, never apologize

He's a CRIMINAL THUG, and a rapist, and a PEDO.

IzzaNuDay

(1,264 posts)
40. I don't give a flying f**k what he said
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:14 PM
Feb 7

that shit came from his truth social account and we need to keep him accountable for his despicable behavior, along with the Epstein files.

jmowreader

(53,014 posts)
41. Uhh...yeah. Yeah, right.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:35 PM
Feb 7

We're just supposed to ignore that "monkey" is an anti-Black racial slur.

And then we get to The Lion King II. In the first ten minutes, Trump is captured, taken to a courtroom and sentenced to be thrown naked to the lions in the Bronx Zoo. Which they do. The next day, Trump is still alive, and running around the lion enclosure naked and terrified with his inch -long pecker waving in the breeze while the lions are curled up in the middle of the enclosure, sleeping on their backs. The zookeeper calls the alpha male to the fence line.

"Why haven't you eaten him?"
"Do you think we're dumb enough to eat...that? You want rid of him, YOU do it!"

underpants

(195,683 posts)
51. There are no apes in The Lion King. Also, Bill Maher
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 10:25 AM
Sunday

Bill Maher on Trump's racist post: “If it's a cartoon character, it's okay? That's a rule now? So, it's okay if somebody made a cartoon of Elmer Fudd shooting Charlie Kirk, that would be okay? You fucking hypocrites.”

Emrys

(8,992 posts)
54. So not only is he awake during the wee small hours obsessed with posting crap on Truth Social,
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 05:05 PM
Sunday

but some benighted staffers ("the people" ) also have to stay up to be on call to post his drivel for him because he's too incompetent and/or lazy to post it on his own site?

electric_blue68

(26,485 posts)
55. "A mistake"? Riiiiight, donnie dipshit....
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 07:25 PM
Sunday

Your racism which started more like a dog whistle to the general public (though some in NYC knew how you, and your father had anti-Black renters policies); became louder and louder to fog horn and air raid siren levels.

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