作者：亚历克斯·米勒、布鲁克·辛格曼 | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月6日上午10:56（美国东部时间） | 更新时间：2026年2月6日下午2:28（美国东部时间）
在来自国会山一些总统核心盟友的强烈反对浪潮后，总统唐纳德·特朗普删除了Truth Social上一篇将奥巴马夫妇描绘成猴子的煽动性帖子。
该帖子于周四晚间首次发布，此前一直未引起关注，直到南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员蒂姆·斯科特——参议院共和党中唯一的黑人成员——要求特朗普将其删除。
相关帖子将前总统巴拉克·奥巴马和前第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马描绘成猴子或类人猿。
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南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员蒂姆·斯科特批评唐纳德·特朗普在Truth Social上发布的将巴拉克和米歇尔·奥巴马描绘成猴子的帖子，称其“是我在白宫看到过的最具种族主义色彩的内容”。（凯文·迪施/盖蒂图片社）
“我祈祷这是假的，因为这是我在白宫见过的最具种族主义色彩的东西，”斯科特表示，“总统应该删除它。”
他的反应引发了其他国会共和党人的一连串回应，他们不相信白宫对该视频的初步解释。
“这完全不可接受，”密西西比州共和党参议员罗杰·维克尔在X平台（原推特）上表示，“总统应该删除该帖子并道歉。”
白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特将该帖子描述为一个“模因”，是视频的一部分，视频中将特朗普描绘成《狮子王》中的丛林之王。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统于2026年2月1日在佛罗里达州棕榈滩的海湖庄园对记者和媒体讲话。（阿尔·德拉戈/盖蒂图片社）
“即使这是一个《狮子王》模因，一个理性的人也能看到其中的种族主义背景，”内布拉斯加州共和党参议员皮特·里克茨在X平台的帖子中表示，“白宫应该在犯错时做该做的事：删除内容并道歉。”
尽管如此，该帖子还是过了几个小时才被删除。
一位特朗普顾问告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“总统在帖子发布前并未看到该视频。”
阿拉巴马州共和党参议员凯蒂·布里特在X平台表示，“这段内容理应被删除，一开始就不应该发布，这不是我们作为一个国家的样子。”
纽约州民主党参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默也呼吁特朗普删除该帖子。
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2026年1月30日，美国国会参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（D-N.Y.）在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦与参议院拨款委员会主席帕蒂·默里（D-Wash.）和参议员布莱恩·沙茨（D-Hawaii）共同出席新闻发布会，就政府拨款法案通过一事发表讲话。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社通过盖蒂图片社）
“种族主义、恶劣、可憎。这很危险，会损害我们的国家——参议院共和党人在哪里？总统必须立即删除帖子，并向巴拉克和米歇尔·奥巴马道歉，他们是两位伟大的美国人，却让唐纳德·特朗普显得像个渺小、嫉妒的人，”舒默在X平台表示。
该帖子现已被删除，一位特朗普顾问告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“总统在帖子发布前并未看到该视频。”
斯科特和特朗普自特朗普去年竞选并最终退出共和党总统候选人提名以来关系一直融洽。
他现在担任国家共和党参议院委员会主席，该委员会是参议院共和党人的竞选机构，负责在2026年中期选举周期中维持共和党在参议院的微弱多数并扩大优势。
斯科特很少反对特朗普，将自己定位为总统的顶级盟友——他曾是副总统候选人的热门人选之一，但最终特朗普选择了俄亥俄州共和党参议员JD·万斯。
然而，他最近在司法部对美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的调查问题上与总统意见相左。
同时担任参议院银行委员会主席的斯科特在本周早些时候接受福克斯商业频道采访时表示，他认为鲍威尔在去年向委员会作证时没有犯罪。
“我发现他不称职，但无能或失职不是犯罪行为，”斯科特说。
白宫未立即回应福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责报道美国参议院的记者。
Congressional Republicans pan Trump, White House for ‘racist’ Truth Social post | Fox News
By Alex Miller, Brooke Singman | Fox News
Published February 6, 2026 10:56am EST | Updated February 6, 2026 2:28pm EST
President Donald Trump took down an inflammatory post from Truth Social that depicted the Obamas as monkeys after a wave of backlash from some of the president’s top allies on Capitol Hill.
The post first appeared on Thursday night and went under the radar until Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the lone Black member of the Senate GOP, demanded Trump take it down.
The post in question depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as monkeys or apes.
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Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., called out President Donald Trump for a post on Truth Social that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys, calling it “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.”(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” Scott said. “The President should remove it.”
His reaction opened a floodgate of responses from other congressional Republicans, who didn’t buy the White House’s initial explanation for the video.
“This is totally unacceptable,” Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said on X. “The president should take it down and apologize.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote the post off as a “meme” that was part of a video depicting Trump as the king of the jungle from “The Lion King.”
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla.(Al Drago/Getty Images)
“Even if this was a Lion King meme, a reasonable person sees the racist context to this,” Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., said in a post on X. “The White House should do what anyone does when they make a mistake: remove this and apologize.”
Still, it took several hours for the post to be removed.
A Trump advisor told Fox News Digital that “the president did not see the video before it was posted.”
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., said on X, “This content was rightfully removed, should have never been posted to begin with, and is not who we are as a nation.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., similarly called on Trump to take the post down.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a press conference with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii., following the passage of government funding bills, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 30, 2026.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“Racist. Vile. Abhorrent. This is dangerous and degrades our country — where are Senate Republicans? The President must immediately delete the post and apologize to Barack and Michelle Obama, two great Americans who make Donald Trump look like a small, envious man,” Schumer said on X.
The post has since been removed, and a Trump advisor told Fox News Digital that “the president did not see the video before it was posted.”
Scott and Trump have shared a warm relationship since he ran and ultimately dropped out of the Republican presidential race last year.
He now chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Senate GOP’s campaign arm tasked with keeping Republicans’ thin majority in the upper chamber and expanding it during the 2026 midterm cycle.
Scott has rarely bucked Trump, positioning himself as a top ally to the president — he was on the short list of possible vice presidential picks before Trump ultimately tapped then Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio.
However, he has recently broken with the president on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Scott, who also chairs the Senate Banking Committee, said during an interview with Fox Business earlier this week that he didn’t believe Powell had committed a crime during his testimony to the committee last year.
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“I found him to be inept at doing his job, but ineptness or being incompetent is not a criminal act,” Scott said.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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