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Can you imagine the outcry if Snoop Dogg had fired at Obama: Trump on video

Snoop Dogg's satirical video makes references to issues like police killings of unarmed black men

Donald Trump and Barack Obama
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Donald Trump and Barack Obama

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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked a music video in which rapper Snoop Dogg points a fake gun at a clown-like Trump figure.

"Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!," Trump wrote on his Twitter account.

Snoop Dogg's satirical video for Lavender makes references to issues, including immigration and the police killings of unarmed black men, and features characters dressed as clowns, including one called Ronald Klump.

Towards the end, the rapper points a fake handgun at the head of the

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