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Miles Archer

(22,240 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:24 AM 19 hrs ago

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 19 hrs ago OP
Liar................ Lovie777 19 hrs ago #1
So you re-tweeted something that that you hadn't even looked at the whole thing. That's a huge mistake. Walleye 19 hrs ago #2
It's his equivalent of Congressional Republicans claiming "I DIDN'T SEE THE PRESIDENT'S POST." Miles Archer 19 hrs ago #5
It wasn't a mistake. calguy 19 hrs ago #6
He doesn't care because he made his racist fans feel good Walleye 17 hrs ago #21
That's a fact. calguy 16 hrs ago #28
He saw the whole thing. Talitha 17 hrs ago #18
Absolutely and probably laughed. I don't believe a word that comes out of his filthy mouth. Walleye 17 hrs ago #22
"It wasn't a mistake." (equals sign) "I meant to do that." eShirl 19 hrs ago #3
If by not a mistake he means it was intentional then OK. Solly Mack 19 hrs ago #4
Shut The Fuck Up, Piggy dalton99a 19 hrs ago #7
Fuck you, Piggy orangecrush 19 hrs ago #8
right... and Schumer told him to B.See 19 hrs ago #9
My head's still spinning over Trump's Schumer claim Miles Archer 19 hrs ago #12
Most of his lies are outlandish. I don't know why anybody ever believes them or repeats them. Walleye 17 hrs ago #23
... more like B.See 11 hrs ago #37
More Cohen shining through...NEVER admit a mistake. Ferrets are Cool 19 hrs ago #10
Any point in posting that Trump is lying? Botany 19 hrs ago #11
Maybe it's Trump's idea of "payback" for the White House Correspondents Dinner... Miles Archer 19 hrs ago #13
Trump was told by Putin during his 2013 visit to Russia for his beauty pageant that he will run for. .... Botany 19 hrs ago #14
And Putin hates Hillary, with her clear-eyed foreign policy Walleye 17 hrs ago #24
Taking personal responsibility is not in his DNA. Emile 19 hrs ago #15
He posted it to shore up his support with the racist MAGA base. The racism is what they love about him. Doodley 19 hrs ago #16
"Make America Great Again" has ALWAYS been a DOG WHISTLE for... Miles Archer 18 hrs ago #17
When he uses the word "riggers" when talking about voter fraud, over and over again, they know what he means to say. Swede 17 hrs ago #19
Message auto-removed Name removed 9 hrs ago #38
He's the Lyin' King alright. GoodRaisin 17 hrs ago #20
Suuure. And the dog ate the script. Ping Tung 16 hrs ago #25
Fuck you, pedophile Aviation Pro 16 hrs ago #26
95 percent of the video is about voter fraud Johonny 16 hrs ago #27
"I didn't make a mistake" is a sign this is an evergreen thing to poke at him with. RockRaven 16 hrs ago #29
"I didn't see the whole thing" Well, that's OK then! Liberal In Texas 15 hrs ago #30
It doesn't really matter who sent it. If it was done by a staffer, that staffer knew full well... 3catwoman3 12 hrs ago #31
And then there's this weak sauce BS from Senator Cassidy - 3catwoman3 12 hrs ago #32
"And any videos of me with young girls is just a clip from a new film about Heidi." Vinca 12 hrs ago #33
More like "Scar's Revenge" than "The Lion King". no_hypocrisy 11 hrs ago #34
This proves canetoad 11 hrs ago #35
I recall no ape characters in the original Lion King movie. Am I wrong? 0rganism 11 hrs ago #36
What a fucking bdamomma 9 hrs ago #39
I don't give a flying f**k what he said IzzaNuDay 7 hrs ago #40
Uhh...yeah. Yeah, right. jmowreader 6 hrs ago #41

Walleye

(44,055 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
19 hrs ago

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

Miles Archer

(22,240 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
19 hrs ago

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

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

calguy

(6,101 posts)
6. It wasn't a mistake.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:31 AM
19 hrs ago

He did it intentionally and lies about when it backfired in his face, like he always does.

Walleye

(44,055 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
17 hrs ago

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

Solly Mack

(96,644 posts)
4. If by not a mistake he means it was intentional then OK.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:29 AM
19 hrs ago

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

B.See

(8,026 posts)
9. right... and Schumer told him to
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:35 AM
19 hrs ago

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

(22,240 posts)
12. My head's still spinning over Trump's Schumer claim
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:43 AM
19 hrs ago

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

(8,026 posts)
37. ... more like
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 06:19 PM
11 hrs ago

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?

Botany

(76,697 posts)
11. Any point in posting that Trump is lying?
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:42 AM
19 hrs ago

The Lion King has no apes in it.

@ no point was voter fraud ever brought up after his racist post showing blacks as apes.

Miles Archer

(22,240 posts)
13. Maybe it's Trump's idea of "payback" for the White House Correspondents Dinner...
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:46 AM
19 hrs ago

...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

(76,697 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
19 hrs ago

…. 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

(44,055 posts)
24. And Putin hates Hillary, with her clear-eyed foreign policy
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 12:21 PM
17 hrs ago

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

Emile

(41,390 posts)
15. Taking personal responsibility is not in his DNA.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:10 AM
19 hrs ago

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

(22,240 posts)
17. "Make America Great Again" has ALWAYS been a DOG WHISTLE for...
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:59 AM
18 hrs ago

"...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

(38,755 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
17 hrs ago

nt

Response to Doodley (Reply #16)

RockRaven

(18,940 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
16 hrs ago

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

Liberal In Texas

(16,089 posts)
30. "I didn't see the whole thing" Well, that's OK then!
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 01:31 PM
15 hrs ago

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

(28,898 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
12 hrs ago

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

3catwoman3

(28,898 posts)
32. And then there's this weak sauce BS from Senator Cassidy -
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 04:33 PM
12 hrs ago

""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

(25,527 posts)
36. I recall no ape characters in the original Lion King movie. Am I wrong?
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 05:48 PM
11 hrs ago

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

(69,354 posts)
39. What a fucking
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 07:27 PM
9 hrs ago

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

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

IzzaNuDay

(1,261 posts)
40. I don't give a flying f**k what he said
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:14 PM
7 hrs ago

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

(52,997 posts)
41. Uhh...yeah. Yeah, right.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:35 PM
6 hrs ago

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!"

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