Donald Trump accuses Barack Obama of treason and calls for his arrest

Donald Trump has once again lashed out at Barack Obama in a series of late-night Truth Social posts this week, including re-sharing one that calls for him to be arrested.

The US President, 79, took to the social media platform to share more than 50 posts in three hours, just before his trip to China for talks with Xi Jinping.

On the evening of Monday (11 May) and into the early morning hours of Tuesday (12 May), the Republican leader unleashed fury on not only Obama, but also the New York Times, Hilary Clinton, and the Supreme Court, to name just a few targets.

Trump shared calls for Obama’s arrest that had been posted by other accounts, including one that called the former US President ‘the most DEMONIC FORCE in American politics in decades’.

The world leader also shared a number of posts that falsely accuse Obama and his allies of stealing the 2020 election from Trump and attempting to rig the 2016 election.

Donald Trump has hit out at Barack Obama by sharing a number of targeted Truth Social posts (Anadolu/Getty Images)

Another post, Trump re-shared read: "Arrest them all. Prosecute them all. Incarcerate them all at once for treachery, treason, and seditious conspiracy to overthrow the United States Government. But first, Barack Obama."

While a separate one read: "Arrest Obama the traitor."

If that wasn’t enough, he followed up with an AI-generated image of Obama, Joe Biden, and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi bathing in dirty water in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, captioned “Dumacrats Love Sewage.”

And it's not the first time Trump has targeted Obama, as in February he shared an AI-generated video depicting him and his wife Michelle Obama as apes, which caused widespread backlash.

The clip in question showed the former president and former First Lady with their faces superimposed onto the bodies of the animals, while The Tokens' song The Lion Sleeps Tonight played in the background.

It caused widespread anger, and California governor Gavin Newsom wrote on X at the time: “Every single Republican must denounce this. Now.”

The US President told reporters that he 'didn't see' the part of the video that showed the Obamas and added that he 'didn't make a mistake,' as per the BBC.

Trump's latest Truth Social spree came hours before the US President jetted to China and arrived in Beijing on Wednesday (13 May) for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Iran war, trade, and US arms sales to Taiwan.

And he got quite the welcome, with a military honour guard, a military band, and some 300 Chinese youngsters waving Chinese and American flags and chanting, “Welcome, welcome! Warm welcome!” as Trump made his way to his waiting limousine.

The main summit meetings are happening today (14 May) with leaders visiting the Temple of Heaven, where Chinese emperors once prayed for bumper crops, and hold bilateral talks and a formal banquet.

The US President told reporters as he left the White House: “We’re the two superpowers. “We’re the strongest nation on Earth in terms of military. China’s considered second.”

Tyla has contacted the White House and a representative for Obama for comment.