Former first lady Michelle Obama has frequently been called a racist by her detractors and others, and she appears to have earned that label once again. In a video that has since gone viral online, Obama claimed unabashedly that she tries to avoid buying clothing brands from white-owned companies.
“If I hear of someone whose fashion I like, and I hear they’re a person of color, I try to make it a point” to patronize them, she said during the discussion, which featured only black women. “You know, I think we can all do some work to think about that balance in our wardrobes. What does our closet look like, and who’s in it?
“Who are we supporting in it?” she added, as the other ladies nodded in approval and smiled. “I think if you have the money to buy Chanel, then you have the money to buy everybody.”
It’s not hard to imagine the outcry from the Democrat left if first lady Melania Trump had made a statement suggesting she patronized white companies over those owned by minorities.
In December, President Trump reposted a video from InfoWars host Alex Jones, who claimed that “Michelle Obama may have used Biden’s autopen in the final days of his disastrous administration to pardon key individuals.”
The claim, which has not been substantiated by any public evidence, suggested Michelle played a role in Biden’s final clemency decisions,. These controversial pardons included those issued for retired Gen. Mark Milley and Dr. Anthony Fauci, two of Trump’s fiercest critics.
Trump has repeatedly accused Biden of relying on the autopen — a mechanical signing tool used for official signatures — to push through late-term orders and pardons without oversight. He recently issued an executive action declaring any autopen orders not backed by proof Biden was aware of them as “null and void.”
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— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 19, 2026
Beyond the autopen speculation, Trump’s feed was filled with attacks on familiar political targets.
He railed against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), calling him “unpatriotic” for appearing in a video reminding service members they could refuse unlawful orders.
“Mark Kelly and the group of Unpatriotic Politicians were WRONG to do what they did, and they know it!” Trump wrote.
Other posts targeted California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former President Barack Obama, James Comey, and former Attorney General Eric Holder.
Trump also boosted a series of self-congratulatory videos. One featured Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) praising the president’s agenda, accompanied by a caption declaring Trump “the greatest president to ever live.” Another post, fitting the season, declared, “Christmas is officially great again,” paired with a still from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York — the 1992 film in which Trump made a brief cameo.
The president’s Monday night spree also included claims that former Biden Chief of Staff Jeff Zients and Hunter Biden were the “SECRET PARDON PUPPET MASTERS” behind the outgoing administration’s clemency wave. He accused Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) of “crimes against the country,” labeled Democratic veterans who criticized his military orders as “a threat to America,” and promoted a post calling Ilhan Omar “a terrorist from a terrorist family.”
In one of the night’s more provocative shares, Trump reposted an apparently AI-generated video depicting Elon Musk commenting on the administration’s pledge to revoke temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota.
That post came amid a Treasury Department investigation into reports that nonprofit groups in Minnesota may have funneled taxpayer money to terrorist networks abroad.
By sunrise Tuesday, the social media frenzy was still rippling through political circles, with supporters cheering the president’s energy and critics accusing him of amplifying “conspiracy theories.”
