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LetMyPeopleVote

(183,852 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 08:52 AM Jun 16

Trump caught smiling after UFC fighter drops shocking remark about Michelle Obama: report

trump is a racist asshole who approved of this asshole's attack. I edited out this asshole's remarks

President Donald Trump was captured on video “smiling” Sunday after an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter dropped a shockingly "offensive” and false remark about former First Lady Michelle Obama during the UFC event at the White House, CNN reported.

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President Donald Trump was captured on video “smiling” Sunday after an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter dropped a shockingly "offensive” and false remark about former First Lady Michelle Obama during the UFC event at the White House, CNN reported.

Mixed martial artist Joshua Hokit, 28, defeated his opponent Derrick Lewis Sunday night at the White House UFC bout, and after his victory, shouted an inflammatory and false claim targeting the former first lady......

Hokit’s remarks also elicited a response from Trump, who was seated in the first row at the event.

In a brief moment captured on camera, Trump, seated first row at the ‘Octagon,’ appeared to show a half-smile seconds after the false remark, which has previously circulated online,” wrote CNN’s Alejandra Jaramillo.

Back in February, Trump faced rare bipartisan outrage after posting a video on his social media platform Truth Social that briefly depicted former President Barack Obama and the first lady as primates in the jungle. The blowback was so fierce that Trump – who denied being aware that the segment of the video he posted included the racist depiction – ultimately deleted the post.
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Trump caught smiling after UFC fighter drops shocking remark about Michelle Obama: report (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jun 16 OP
Trump a racist prick? Who could've guessed? sakabatou Jun 16 #1
;-{)...... Goonch Jun 16 #2
Billed as a non partisan event on WH lawn. Emile Jun 16 #3
"Whew, he didn't mention me allegedly raping 12 year old girls." - DJT flvegan Jun 16 #4
+1 dalton99a Jun 16 #5
This was a lot worse than a "false claim" by that UFC creep. democrank Jun 16 #6
Shocking coming from a rwnj a-hole? Not at all. mwmisses4289 Jun 16 #7
Trump is lower than whale sh!t hadEnuf Jun 16 #8
Scum of the earth. spanone Jun 16 #9
Side-by-side footage confirms Trump was SMILING when Josh Hokit insulted Michelle Obama for the entire nation to see! LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #10
Not surprising, but "glad" it's on record. electric_blue68 Thursday #11

democrank

(12,732 posts)
6. This was a lot worse than a "false claim" by that UFC creep.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 09:15 AM
Jun 16

The whole event was an overflowing cesspool, all decked out in red, white and blue. Hope the Birthday Thug and his paid escort, Melania, made enough money to make up for embarrassing future history books photos.

mwmisses4289

(5,140 posts)
7. Shocking coming from a rwnj a-hole? Not at all.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 09:23 AM
Jun 16

Surprised it's taken this long for it to resurface.

LetMyPeopleVote

(183,852 posts)
10. Side-by-side footage confirms Trump was SMILING when Josh Hokit insulted Michelle Obama for the entire nation to see!
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 08:31 PM
Wednesday


But it is still shocking to see the President of the United States grinning fatly as a brain-damaged meathead transphobically slurs a former First Lady.

Trump is just incredibly jealous of President Obama for having a beautiful, sophisticated wife with ambition, drive, and a good heart instead of a trophy wife that he purchased from a sex-trafficking pedophile (ALLEGEDLY).

By merely existing, the Obama family is a reminder to Trump that he is a failure and neither he nor his family of racist, grifting losers can ever measure up to a Black family.

We’re sorry that Michelle has to endure so much disrespect and harassment because of one man’s crippling insecurity and envy.

She deserves so much better.

Trump, on the other hand, deserves every ounce of self-hatred and self-revulsion that he feels looking at his hideous, stupid goblin sons and the daughter that was taken away from him

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