Trump posts another doctored photo of the Obamas

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Incident details

Incident ID: inc_2026_07_06_7e1e911f
Date source: llm_extracted_from_article_text
Country: United States
Platform: Social Media
Incident type: Manipulated Photo
Verification level: reported_but_unverified

Harm types

Misinformation

Topics

Image Manipulation Visual Impersonation

Summary

US President Donald Trump posted a falsified image of Barack and Michelle Obama waving before boarding an Air Force One that had been digitally altered to include graffiti. The manipulated image depicted the Obamas smiling on the stairs of the presidential plane, which featured spray-painted text including the campaign slogan ‘Yes We Can’, the name ‘Obama’, ‘BLM’, and Arabic text. This incident occurred after Trump previously posted a racist image of the Obamas as primates, which was deleted following bipartisan backlash. The article notes that the use of graffiti in this context is a coded message often used in racist messaging against Black people.

Sources

Trump posts another doctored photo of the Obamas

canberratimes.com.au · 2026-07-06 · Primary