Officials previously blamed a staffer for a grotesquely racist video reposted by the president’s account earlier this month

Asked whether the president’s latest Truth represented an official shift in American policy against the Chagos deal, Leavitt told reporters that Trump’s post "should be taken as the policy of the Trump administration” because it had come “straight from the horse’s mouth.”

“When you see it on Truth Social, you know it’s directly from President Trump,” she said.

But Leavitt’s defense of the president’s latest social media activity directly contradicts what White House officials and Trump were saying just days ago after he posted a video to social media that showed Barack and Michelle Obama’s faces superimposed onto apes in a jungle, swaying side to side and smiling as the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” played in the background.

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    It’s like that kid in elementary school, who always lied about everything. And you don’t know if they actually think people believe their bullshit, or they just don’t care.

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    Ok, but did anyone question Skeevy Leavitt about these contradictions?

    I’ve read the article and it’s not mentioned. A proper journalist would badger her.
    It’s not difficult:
    “Did the orange rapist say this?”
    “Yes, if it’s on Bullshit Social then it’s straight from the fat pigs mouth!”
    “Right. Last week you said a staffer posted the racist video of the Obama’s as apes. How can this be if only Fatty McKiddieFiddler is the one posting? Are you lying now, or were you lying then?”

    Boom.

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    It’s almost like they don’t care at all about the truth and will say whatever is most convenient in the moment to their cause. Their MAGAt cultists don’t care either way and will just blindly accept whatever doublethink is asked of them.

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    She needs to either take responsibiliy or bail if she’s too scared to tell Trump no. She doesn’t get to be garbage and then blame it on her garbage boss.

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    Is it in mostly ALL CAPS and does it read like it was written by some kind of deranged ten year old who just discovered ChatGPT?

    Those are written by the President of the United States. That’s the timeline we’re in.

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

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      You can read transcribed manic episodes and not know the difference between it and Trump’s posts.

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    7 hours ago

    Well, we know that’s a lie. It could not possibly be more obvious when Donald Trump is not the author of a post. There are countless examples of posts that were clearly not written by the Very Stable Genius.

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      I had people ask me why calling Obama an ape was bad if calling Bush a monkey was fine, and I’m like… “Do you not… Do you not know what color Obama is?”

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    There’s literally video of Natalie Harp drafting Trumps posts and just getting his glancing approval before posting them.