I thought that the 0 fancied himself as the 21st century Abe Lincoln; and, Lincoln was portrayed as an ape by some 19th caricatures, so what’s the big deal? Obama=Lincoln=Ape, there’s nothing racist about that.
Two books which sold a lot of copies had the titles The Naked Ape and The Third Chimpanzee. Both are about human beings. Their authors think we are all apes, so what is the big deal?