Trump shares AI video of himself wrestling with a tiger after deadly attack in England

President of the United States Donald Trump posted a series of strange videos on his Truth Social platform, including one produced with artificial intelligence, in which he is seen chasing and wrestling with a tiger before ending up hugging the wild animal.

These posts appeared Tuesday evening, just hours after Trump had shared real footage of a deadly tiger attack on a man who had entered the animal’s enclosure at a wildlife park in northern England.

In the AI-generated video, Trump initially appears to scare and chase the tiger, then wrestles with it. In the end, the two hug, while the well-known song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” plays in the background.

Immediately after that, the American president published another video, in which he is portrayed as a lion standing up to hyenas. The narrator’s voice calls Trump “king of the jungle,” as the footage combines his speeches with images of Democratic figures, including former President Barack Obama, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and California Governor Gavin Newsom.

In this video, Trump’s political opponents are compared to “jackals and hyenas” that attack and mock him. In the end, the narrator says that “from time to time, the lion must show the jackals who he really is.”

Before the AI-generated videos, Trump had shared footage of the attack that occurred on October 10 at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, England. A man had entered the tiger’s enclosure and was fatally attacked by the animal.

The American president accompanied the video with the message: “Never mess with nature! President DJT.” He then published a collage of footage of wild animal attacks on humans, some of which was suspected to have been created with artificial intelligence.

According to Forbes, the posts were made while Trump was in Alaska, where he had attended a political rally in Wasilla, about 65 kilometers north of Anchorage.

The publication of the footage sparked reactions, as it is linked to a real event with fatal consequences. South Yorkshire Police had asked the public not to share videos of the attack circulating online, calling for respect for the victim and his family.