Donald Trump has sparked outrage after sharing the distressing footage of a 23-year-old man with mental illness being fatally mauled by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, captioned "Don't ever mess with nature!" This followed hours later by an AI-generated video of himself taming a tiger. The posts have been condemned as disrespectful to the victim, William Chapman, and his grieving family, who have urged people to stop sharing harrowing content of the attack. Vedika Bahl goes through it.
The 23-second video, posted to Truth Social without a caption, shows Trump wrestling with a tiger before appearing to befriend it, set to the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." It begins with Trump pointing his finger at the animal and ends with him playfully hugging it. The pointing gesture bears a resemblance to one made by the victim in the real footage.
