February 7, 2026

What Happened Today – February 6, 2026

February 7, 2026 by George Bounacos

President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama sit together in the Oval Office during their November 2016 transition meeting.

President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama met in the Oval Office in November 2016 to begin the transition of power; nine years later, Trump shared a video depicting the Obamas as apes. (Official White House photo)

“I’ve called President and Mrs. Obama to apologize. I thought it was funny, and I was wrong.” Leaders know those two sentences take almost all the anger out of Trump posting images of the Obamas as primates. He didn’t apologize. He petulantly said he did nothing wrong. It was reminiscent of him telling Anderson Cooper … Read more