Trump explains all.

Trump admitted on Friday night that he did direct aides to post a racist video on his social media account that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, but claimed that he did not see that part of the video, which was near the end of a 62-second clip that otherwise repeated conspiracy theories about his 2020 election loss.

Although the White House initially defended the video in a statement from the press secretary, the clip was later deleted and reporters were told that it had been posted, without the president’s knowledge, by an aide.

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump undercut those efforts by his aides to explain away his own behavior, telling reporters that he did approve posting the video. “I looked at it, I saw it and I just looked at the first part,” the president said. “I didn’t see the whole thing; I guess during the end of it there was some kind of a picture that people don’t like. I wouldn’t like it either.

Classic. He didn’t see it, he guesses there was some kind of a ??, people don’t like it, he wouldn’t like it either. He doesn’t know what it is but he does know he wouldn’t like it. He contradicts himself every 5 or 10 or 20 words.

But I didn’t see it, I just, I looked at the first part … then I gave it to the people. Generally they look at the whole thing, but I guess somebody didn’t and they posted – and we took it down.”

Dang, there was a mob in there in the soshul meedeea room. The people posted it, and we took it down. You’d think they were building a luxury yacht, not pasting a link onto a screen.

Asked whether he would apologize, as even Republican officials have suggested he should, Trump bristled. “No, I didn’t make a mistake,” the president who approved the posting of a racist meme on his social media account said. “I mean you give, I look at a lot of, thousands of things,” he added, apparently suggesting that his posts, which are official statements from the president of the United States, are not something he takes much care about.

Which is so funny because he doesn’t have to post anything at all from soshul meeja. It’s not part of his job. It’s something he does to promote himself, not something he does for our benefit. He looks at thousands of things and understands none of them. He could just…stop.

“I am, by the way, the least racist president you’ve had in a long time,” Trump told another reporter who pressed him on whether posting a racist video was a wise political move.

That is, by the way, the least true thing anyone has said in a long time.

Pedantic note: This thing about “depicting” people as apes – news flash: we are apes. Chimps and gorillas are our closest relatives. We’re all Hominidae.