Trump declines to apologise over racist Obama video

A social media post featuring former president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted on Friday

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

President Donald Trump has declined to apologise after a racist social media post featuring former president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted on Friday.

Mr Trump’s Thursday night post was blamed on a staffer after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, for its treatment of the nation’s first black president and first lady.