Donald Trump faces condemnation for posting a video depicting the Obamas as apes, set to 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight.' Separately, a former child star from The Lion King on Broadway was tragically killed.
The topic 'The Lion' encompasses content related to the animal, the Disney franchise, and metaphorical uses of the word.
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"Trump Posts Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes Donald Trump posted a video that included a clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes set to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight.""
News Link @RollingStone 2026-02-06T14:12Z 5.7M followers, 76.5K engagements
"Trump Condemned For Post Depicting Obamas As Apes: Racist and Disgusting - Newsweek The president shared a video in which the Obamas' faces appear on apes' bodies for about [--] second as The Tokens' song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" plays"
News Link @Newsweek 2026-02-06T10:15Z 3.4M followers, 60.9K engagements
"Imani Smith Lion King Child Star Killed At [--] Boyfriend Charged With Murder Imani Smith who played Young Nala in Disney's The Lion King on Broadway from 2011-2012 died after being stabbed by her boyfriend according to prosecutors"
News Link @DEADLINE 2025-12-24T22:11Z 1.2M followers, 908.2K engagements
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""From all ministries and all government offices that accursed Lion and Sun symbol must be removed; the banner of Islam must be raised instead. Khomeini knowing the Lion and Sun represents [----] years of monarchy. Your taqqiyeh is getting lazy. Did you know that in the Lion and Sun symbol on Irans flag the lion represents Imam Ali the sword represents Zulfiqar (Imam Alis famous sword) and the sun represents religion Iranian monarchists would be mad to find out about this https://t.co/5NQW2LVpBV Did you know that in the Lion and Sun symbol on Irans flag the lion represents Imam Ali the sword"
X Link @NiohBerg 2026-02-09T15:49Z 381.7K followers, 47.4K engagements
"🚨 Jason Eckl who used to be part of the Lion City Sailors ⚓Youth Academy is now on loan from Bayern Munich U19 to SpVgg Unterhaching II in the Landesliga Bayern-Sd (Division 6). He had scored [--] goals in [--] appearances so far. #sgfootball #lioncitysailors"
X Link @jimisee 2026-02-09T12:57Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@khamenei_ir The Lion will see you soon Very soon"
X Link @Liberty5315 2026-02-09T10:09Z 113.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The lion 🦁 wants to zep as well 😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"
X Link @Real_Precious_M 2026-02-09T09:52Z 82.2K followers, [----] engagements
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