Trump campaign disowns parody massacre video

Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign has disavowed a parody video showing the US President massacring media outlets and political rivals, it was reported on Monday.

The video was on display at a conference organised by American Priority, a proTrump group, the BBC reported.

Organisers of the event at a Trump resort in Miami, Florida, said the video was part of a "meme exhibition".

Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, told the New York Times: "That video was not produced by the campaign, and we do not condone violence."

In the video, Trump's head is superimposed on the body of a man who goes on a killing rampage inside "the Church of Fake News".

The heads of the people he kills have been replaced with the logos of media organisations, including the BBC, CNN and the Washington Post, and political opponents such as his predecessor Barack Obama and former presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

American Priority also sought to disassociate itself with the video, saying it was "not approved, seen, or sanctioned" by event organisers.

Meanwhile, in the impeachment case, Donald Trump demanded Monday that a whistleblower whose warning about the US president's call with Ukraine triggered the impeachment inquiry against him be identified and testify before Congress.

In the video, Trump's head is superimposed on the body of a man who goes on a killing rampage inside "the Church of Fake News".