​MAGA star claims Trump doesn't have 'attention span' to know Obama vid was racist

[LetMyPeopleVote]

trump evidently did not have the attention span to watch the entire video. trump saw the first part of this video showing him as a lying king and was too bored to see the end of the video

​MAGA star claims Trump doesn't have 'attention span' to know Obama vid was racist

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T20:51:26.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/ben-shapiro-racist-trump-video

Right-wing influencer Ben Shapiro insisted that President Donald Trump did not have the "attention span" to realize that a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes had been posted on his Truth Social account.

Media Matters first reported that Shapiro had addressed Trump's racist meme on his Friday show.

"There's a video that he posted over at Truth Social that apparently contains an image of the Obamas as apes," the MAGA star noted. "Do I think that President Trump even watched the whole video? I have serious doubts. President Trump has a habit of late-night Truthing, where he just sort of gets up at 3 AM, or he's up at 3 AM, and he just starts Truthing things out."

"And I'm almost certain that the president never watches the entirety of any video," he continued. "I don't think he has the attention span to get through any of the videos that he has tweeted. I think he sees that there is something that is pro-Trump, he puts it out there. And if there's an ugly image in there, either he ignores it or he didn't see it in the first place as a general rule."

"Now, does that justify it? It doesn't justify anything, but I think that the suggestion that the president did not watch the entirety of the video and that he just put that out late at night because he watched the first 25 seconds of the video or 40 seconds of the video, I would say that that is extremely high probability."

[sop]

1. So, Trump's too much of a simpleton to be a racist?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. I have NO doubt that trump is a racist

trump can be a racist and also be a person with a very limited attention span

[genxlib]

2. I actually think this is true

But he is still racists because he wouldn't apologize for it.

And it brings a whole other level of irresponsibility to his messaging. You are the POTUS for God's sake. It's bad enough to put out conspiracy nonsense but at least be responsible enough to know the entirety of the message before you endorse it.

An I would add that the fact that he is getting "truths" like that sent to him says a lot about his followers.

[struggle4progress]

3. Ben Shapiro lacks the je-ne-sais-quoi to say anything helpful

[malaise]

7. He said an awful lot here

Donvict has access to nukes.

[Intractable]

5. He's the unitary executive. That makes him responsible for anything the federal gov't does.

You want the power? Take the responsibility.

[Hope22]

6. If this is true.....

Then it makes sense that he does not have the faculties to lead this country. Can’t have it both ways.