Barack Obama’s brutal reply to Trump after racist video depicting him and Michelle as apes

Obama responded: “It’s important to recognise that the majority of the American people find this behaviour deeply troubling.

“It is true that it gets attention. It’s true that it’s a distraction.”

Still, he added that he did meet people who “still believe in decency, courtesy, kindness” while traveling around the country.

“There’s this sort of clown show that’s happening in social media and on television,” he continued.

“And what is true is that there doesn’t seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum and a sense of propriety and respect for the office, right?

“That’s been lost.”