President Donald Trump is once again facing a rapid backlash and accusations of racism after reposting a sequence of clips showing Black individuals either behaving poorly or involved in criminal activity.
The president shared these clips on his Truth Social platform late on Monday night, May 11, in what was described as another racially charged late‑night social media tirade.
One clip Trump reposted depicts an overweight man tipping a tray from a server’s grasp as he exits a restaurant. The tray, laden with food and dishes, crashes to the floor while the server stands nearby in stunned silence as the offender walks away.
“I wouldn’t call him a man! A real man would never disrespect another person like this. I’ll call him what he is, a POS!,” reads the video caption.
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Trump reposted another video showing a restaurant worker confronting a Black DoorDash driver who had collected food for an order and then apparently canceled it once outside the eatery, with the caption, “Always scheming…” The worker goes outside and catches the driver in her car with another woman eating the food. A confrontation ensues.
A third video Trump shared shows Black youths taking snacks from a Wawa convenience store, posted by an X user named Tara Bull with the caption, “This is why the convenience store chain ‘Wawa’ is closing stores one after another.”
It’s unclear why the president reposted the videos or what message he intended, but critics argue it’s yet another example of Trump’s alleged racism and white-supremacist tendencies. Others question the authenticity of the videos.
Journalist Aaron Rupar posted the videos on Threads with the question, “Why is the president sharing these videos on social media?”
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And another user quickly and sarcastically reposted it with the caption, “Trump is posting some kids stealing $50 dollars worth of candy at the Wawa. If he thinks that’s bad, wait til he hears about a billionaire who invented a sh-tty Memecoin, told all of his cult followers to buy it, then rugged-pulled it, and made off with a billion dollars while they all lost their money.”
Needless to say, the response was overwhelming.
“Uh…. because he’s an old, white racist?” another Threads user commented on Rupar’s question.
Threads user Bea said, “Inciting more division and trying to appeal to his racist cult, that’s why.”
But she wasn’t done, “Because they’re losing farms and paying near record high prices for gas and food while losing their health insurance, but hey, they still have racism in common, so he has to show them he’s still their guy. The bigger question is, why is this behavior allowed from the ‘president’ of these United States?!”
User Laurie Marie Hartwell offered a different theory: “He wants to keep dividing people. He wants us to hate each other so we will turn against one another.”
This user wondered, “What tf is his algorithm? ‘Black crimes?’”
Even though Trump has claimed he’s “the least racist person” and repeatedly denied engaging in racist speech and actions, his latest posts are part of a long history of bigotry dating back to the 1970s.
The Justice Department sued Trump, his father, and their company, Trump Management, in 1973 for alleged racial discrimination against Black people seeking to rent apartments. According to the government, the Trumps engaged in a supposed “systemic” pattern of racism against Blacks, Puerto Ricans, and other non-whites.
The Trumps denied the charges but settled the lawsuit without admitting guilt.
According to the Brookings Institution, Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was “clearly driven by racism, sexism, and xenophobia.” Some experts attributed Trump’s success to economic anxiety, noting that supporters identified more with his anti-immigrant stance, racism, and sexism.
Earlier this year, in early February, Trump faced bipartisan backlash for posting a 2020 election conspiracy video that ended with a two-second clip showing former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama depicted as apes.
Trump claimed he didn’t see the last part of the video he posted, but he ultimately removed it from his Truth Social platform as the outcry grew louder.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has repeatedly denied that Trump is racist, including after the Obama video post.
“This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from ‘The Lion King,’” Leavitt said in a statement to Newsweek. “Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”
During a Feb. 18 press conference, she said critics had “falsely called and smeared” Trump as a racist.
