White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s bold claim regarding President Donald Trump’s social media posts is raising new questions about a racist video featured on his account earlier this month.

On Wednesday, Leavitt was asked about a post on Trump’s Truth Social account that criticized Britain’s plan to turn over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while also securing a 99-year lease to keep a joint U.K.–U.S. military base on Diego Garcia.

“The post should be taken as the policy of the Trump administration,” she said. “It’s coming straight from the horse’s mouth. When you see it on Truth Social, you know it’s directly from President Trump.”

Leavitt called that the “beauty” of Trump’s presidency and a sign of his “transparency.”

Just one problem: Her statement conflicts with Trump’s claim about a racist video featured on his Truth Social account earlier this month that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as a chimpanzee and a gorilla. The video was denounced by Democrats and Republicans alike, and Trump later deleted it. But he also never apologized, claiming it wasn’t his fault.

“I didn’t do it, by the way,” Trump told reporters while aboard Air Force One on Feb. 6. “This was done by somebody else.”

Trump said he had seen part of the video, which he claimed was about “fraudulent elections,” and then passed it on without seeing the racist part.

“I guess probably nobody reviewed the end of it,” he said. “Somebody slipped and missed a very small part.”

Trump’s critics noted the glaring inconsistency and fired back on X:

"You know it's directly from President Trump"So the Obamas as apes? Directly from President Trump. She said it. https://t.co/UqzC97ZhcJ

Unless it’s racist. Then suddenly a staffer grabbed his phone. https://t.co/Ev5kRrkqPv

And now @PressSec confirms: Donald Trump posted the racist video of the Obamas. https://t.co/Y7tcuVjVJs

They really can't keep their story straight from day to day. https://t.co/zQzkgIpUto

They all lie so much they can’t keep track of their lies. https://t.co/zSleVUXonA

Pathetic.When it helps him, every post is “official presidential policy.”When it backfires, suddenly it’s “some staffer.”Accountability that disappears on demand isn’t leadership.It’s a magic trick with nuclear codes.If no one knows who’s actually speaking, who’s actually…

And you just can't believe anything the Epstein Administration says is what I take away from this.

Unless it’s a racist video — in which case it’s a nameless staffer. https://t.co/vzRpMzQvoH

So much for blaming a staffer for the racist Obama video? Leavitt just admitted that was a lie as Trump handles all his own posts.

Epstein Administration at it again. i thought trump did not post the racist video 🤔

So the racist meme of the Obamas did come from Trump @PressSec https://t.co/b8cH5XXmTg

LEAVITT: When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump.Really? Including the recent video? https://t.co/ENtsaVZxT8

Then, by her own words, Trump himself posted the racist pic or Barack and Michelle Obama.

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