No staff discipline after video post, president says (Full Transcript)

Asked about a video shared from his account featuring the Obamas, the president says no staffer was fired, citing its wider voter-fraud context.

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Trump says no staffer was fired for sharing racist video of Obamas

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[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Mr. President, have you fired or disciplined that staffer who posted the video from your account that included the Obamas?

[00:00:08] Speaker 2: No, I haven't. That was a video on, as you know, voter fraud, and fairly long video, and they had a little piece and had to do with the Lion King. It's been very well — it's been shown all over the place long before that was posted. But that was a very strong — and I'm sure you saw it — a very strong piece on voter fraud, and the piece that you're talking about was all over the place many times, I believe for years.

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The president is asked whether a staffer was fired or disciplined for posting a video from his account that included the Obamas. He says no, explaining the post was part of a longer video about voter fraud, that the specific clip referenced (with a Lion King element) had circulated widely long before, and he characterizes the voter-fraud segment as strong.

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The president denies firing or disciplining the staffer responsible for the post.
He frames the post as part of a longer video focused on voter fraud.
He notes the disputed clip had been widely available for years before being shared from his account.

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Neutral: The exchange is defensive but largely matter-of-fact, focusing on justification and context rather than expressing strong positive or negative emotion.

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