President Donald Trump has reposted a message calling Michelle Obama a “racist” and lashed out at a former senior Barack Obama administration official as he prepares to face congressional Democrats at the State of the Union address.
In a Truth Social post on Saturday, the president republished a message from far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer in which she describes the former first lady as an “anti-white racist.” In his own caption, the president targeted another black woman in the same administration: former White House adviser Susan Rice.
Threatening Netflix to fire Rice, who sits on the company’s executive board, Trump wrote: “Netflix should fire racist Trump harassed Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY or pay the consequences.”
Loomer’s post went further and urged the president to stop the upcoming merger between Warner Bros. and Netflix, which the far-right activist feared would extend Obama’s influence at both companies. The former president and his wife own a production company, Higher Ground Productions, which produces a variety of content on the Neftlix platform.
Of Obama, Loomer wrote: “[P]Positive messages about the upcoming Democratic witch hunt against Trump from Barack Hussein Obama…and his anti-racist wife Michelle…would likely be attacked across all streaming services as Obama’s Higher Ground Productions continues to grow within Netflix.
Donald Trump has shared a statement from far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who accused Michelle Obama of being ‘anti-white’ (Getty)
The two posts came in response to Rice’s warning that companies found guilty of cozying up to the Trump administration would face their own consequences if Democratic lawmakers take back the House and Senate in midterm elections this fall — along with the White House in 2028.
She made the comments on a podcast hosted by Preet Bharara, a former US attorney fired by Trump during his first term.
“If these corporations think that the Democrats, when they come back to power, they’re going to, you know, play by the old rules and, you know, say, ‘Oh, never mind. We’ll forgive you for all the people you’ve fired, all the policies and principles you’ve broken, all the, you know, laws you’ve circumvented.’ I think they’ve got some more coming,” Rice said.
Loomer, known for using her own racist language, called on the president to stop the upcoming merger between Warner Bros. and Netflix to hit Obama’s production company (Getty Images)
Trump’s apparent support for Loomer’s description of Michelle Obama as “racist” comes as he continues to refuse to apologize for a scandal that engulfed him this month over the posting of a bizarre AI video from his Truth Social account depicting her and her husband as monkeys.
The racist description of the nation’s first black president was immediately condemned by politicians on both sides of the aisle, forcing the White House to offer a defense, then retract it entirely and delete the post.
Republicans on the Hill were clearly uncomfortable with the video and considered its posting a mistake. Senator Tim Scott, the only black Republican in the Senate, called him a racist.
The former president responded on a podcast, saying “it’s important to recognize that the majority of the American people find this behavior deeply troubling.
Trump blamed the post on an employee who has access to his Truth Social account, Natalie Harp, who he said did not fully watch the video before posting it to her account.
In a statement to reporters from Air Force One, Trump said he had watched part of the video and sent it to his team for review and possible posting on his account. He denied seeing the part of the video where the former president and former first lady appeared.
“I gave it to people, generally they looked at the whole thing, but I think somebody didn’t and posted it. And then I deleted it,” Trump said.
Former President Barack Obama said most Americans think Trump sharing a video depicting the former first couple as monkeys is “deeply disturbing” (AFP/Getty)
This isn’t the first time he’s gotten content or advice directly from Loomer, either.
The far-right activist found herself with new access to the Oval Office in 2025 when Trump returned to the White House and used it to direct a purge of figures linked to Michael Waltz, Trump’s then-national security adviser, for alleged disloyalty.
Loomer has also advocated a loyalty-based purge of officials in other parts of the government, a notable victim being the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey. His daughter, Maurene, was fired from the Justice Department in July.
Through her constant attacks on Democrats, Loomer has faced her own accusations of racism, including in the fall of 2025 when she was widely condemned for hurling a racial slur at Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett, whom she called a “ghetto Black B****.”