Does video show White House Black History Month reception guests chanting ‘4 more years’?

In February 2026, a video (archived) spread online purportedly showing people chanting “Four more years!” during a White House reception for Black History Month. The footage showed U.S. President Donald Trump standing at a podium in front of the cheering audience. 

The above footage was authentic and was originally published by the White House. It was taken Feb. 18, 2026, during a reception for Black History Month. As such, we rate this claim as true.

The White House published the video on its official YouTube page and website (archived), with the headline “‘Four more years’ chant erupts at the White House Black History Month celebration.”

In the 12-second video, Trump is seen smiling at a podium as audience members chant “Four more years!” The Associated Press reported that during the event, Trump named several prominent Black entertainers who supported him, including boxer Mike Tyson and rapper Nicki Minaj.

The moment where the audience members chant “Four more years” also appears at the 10:11 mark in this livestream of the event:

Despite the chants, the Constitution bars Trump from serving a third presidential term, as we have previously reported.

In July 2024, Trump told a crowd during a campaign rally, “Get out and vote! Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore! Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore.” Critics framed his comments as evidence of an alleged plan to change constitutional provisions governing presidential terms. Trump later said he was trying to encourage Christians to vote for him in the 2024 presidential election, saying he doesn’t care if they “don’t want to vote” after that because “the country will be fixed, and we won’t need your vote anymore.”

Several weeks before the Black History Month event, we reported on Trump facing accusations of racism after his Truth Social account posted and later deleted a video depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as monkeys.

On Feb. 17, 2026, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post about the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s death that he had been “falsely and consistently called a Racist by the Scoundrels and Lunatics on the Radical Left.” 

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