by Wayne Besen • February 8, 2026 • News, Opinion, Politics, Weekly Column • Comments (0) • 174

‘The Great Reversal’ is Central to Trump’s Presidency

Racism is Trump’s One Consistent, Life-Long Ideology

It took 12 hours for the Trump administration to take down a widely condemned video, posted on Truth Social, that depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle as apes. Refusing to admit an error in judgment, Donald Trump said, “No, I didn’t make a mistake.”

He’s 100% correct, this was not a mistake. Instead, it was a deliberate message to his legions of white supremacist supporters. More than a single malign message, the corrosive content goes to the very core of “Trump the Man”, and “MAGA the Movement”. They are telling us exactly who they are and what vision they aspire to for our country’s future.

The ugliness of the monkey meme is a vivid reminder of Trump’s degeneracy. To quote his former best friend, Jeffrey Epstein, in an email to Larry Summers: “i have met some very bad people .. none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body..so yes- dangerous.”

Racism is a feature, not a bug in the Trump administration. It is an open sewer of white supremacy, where the lightening of America’s complexion is a primary driver of public policy.

The underlying MAGA ideology is the Great Replacement theory. It is a debunked conspiracy which falsely claims that liberal Democrats—often in conjunction with scheming globalist Jews—are deliberately opening our nation’s borders so people of color can flood in, build mosques, impose socialism, and replace white Christians.