Trump condemned for posting AI video of himself wrestling tiger that killed man days after attack
William Chapman, whose family said he had suffered from "significant mental illness over a number of years" and had been prescribed "strong medication" before his fatal visit to Yorkshire Wildlife Park.An AI-generated video of Donald Trump wrestling a tiger, which he posted after sharing real footage of the fatal mauling, drew condemnation from Piers Morgan, who wrote: "Delete it.
William Chapman's family pleaded for footage of his death to stop circulating online — hours after Trump had already shared the real attack clip to 13 million Truth Social followers with the caption 'Don't ever mess with nature! President DJT.' Trump then followed up with an AI-generated video of himself chasing, wrestling and hugging the tiger to 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', mimicking the pointing gesture Chapman made moments before he died. Chapman, 23, had suffered from significant mental illness and entered the Yorkshire Wildlife Park enclosure near Doncaster alone on Saturday.
Chapman's family described online footage as 'deeply offensive media content causing them severe distress at an exceptionally vulnerable time.'
Will Travers of the Born Free Foundation called the AI post 'not only incredibly insensitive' but reckless, warning it raised risks to human lives.
Piers Morgan condemned Trump on X: 'This is appallingly tasteless. Delete it.'
