Former President Barack Obama criticized what he described as a political “clown show” on social media and television, a week after President Donald Trump shared a video on his account that depicted Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes.

The video, which was later removed following bipartisan criticism, was referenced during an interview Obama gave to podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen, published Saturday.

“I think it’s important to recognize that the majority of the American people find this behavior deeply troubling,” Obama said. He added that there appears to be “no shame” among some public figures about abandoning standards of decorum and respect for public office.

“There used to be an understanding that you had to maintain a sense of propriety,” Obama said. “That seems to have been lost.”

The roughly one-minute clip, posted Feb. 5 shortly before midnight on Trump’s social media platform, primarily focused on disputed claims about the 2020 election. Near the end, it briefly showed the Obamas’ faces superimposed onto animated ape bodies while the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” played in the background.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt initially dismissed criticism of the post as “fake outrage,” describing the animation as part of an “internet meme” portraying Trump as king of the jungle and Democrats as various animals. Later, a White House official said a staffer had “erroneously made the post.”