The White House removed a video shared by former President Donald Trump on Friday that depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, following widespread condemnation from Republican lawmakers and others. The video, which amplified debunked claims about the 2020 election, was taken down from Trump's social media platform around noon on Friday, according to ABC News.
The video, shared late Thursday night, included a racist animation of the Obamas. The White House initially defended the video, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissing criticism as "fake outrage," according to CBS News. However, the post was removed after significant backlash.
Several Republican lawmakers publicly criticized the video. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only Black Republican in the Senate, called the video "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House" and urged its removal, according to CBS News.
In other news, the Justice Department released additional documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday, including millions of documents and photos. The latest batch was uploaded to the DOJ repository, where they can be accessed in Data Sets 9, 10, 11 and 12, according to CBS News. The files have included photos, videos, court records, FBI and DOJ documents, news clippings and emails. Some files include mentions of prominent figures, like President Trump, former President Bill Clinton and billionaire Elon Musk, who have not been tied to wrongdoing.
Also on Friday, President Trump signed an executive order that quadruples the amount of beef imported into the U.S. from Argentina under a new trade agreement, according to CBS News. The agreement, signed Thursday, will "grant an unprecedented expansion of preferential access for Argentine beef to its market by 100,000 tons," representing an increase of "800 million in Argentine beef exports," according to Argentina's Foreign Ministry. The executive order, entitled "Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer," cited rising beef prices and a failure of domestic production to keep pace with demand.
Additionally, TrumpRx, a new online platform designed to lower drug costs for consumers, launched Thursday. The website directs users to drugmakers' sites to fill prescriptions and displays discounted drug pricing offers, according to CBS News.
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