US President Donald Trump has drawn criticism after posting a series of videos on Truth Social, including an AI-generated clip showing himself chasing, wrestling and eventually embracing a tiger, hours after sharing footage of a fatal tiger attack in the UK.
The AI-generated video, posted late on Tuesday, depicts Trump first confronting and pursuing the animal before playfully wrestling with it. The pair later appear embracing as the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight plays in the background.
Posts followed fatal tiger attack
The upload came shortly after Trump shared real footage of a deadly tiger attack at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster, northern England.
The incident occurred on 10 October when a man entered a tiger enclosure and was fatally attacked.
Trump accompanied the footage with the message: "Never mess with nature! President DJT."
He later posted another compilation of wild-animal attacks, some of which appeared to have been created using artificial intelligence.
Lion versus hyenas
In a separate AI-generated video, Trump portrayed himself as a lion battling hyenas.
The narration describes him as the "king of the jungle" and combines footage of Trump speeches with images of prominent Democratic figures, including former president Barack Obama, former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and California Governor Gavin Newsom.
The video refers to "jackals and hyenas" attacking the lion before concluding with the message that, from time to time, the lion must remind them who he really is.
Police appeal ignored
The posts prompted criticism because South Yorkshire Police had previously asked the public not to circulate footage of the fatal attack out of respect for the victim and his family.
Despite that appeal, Trump shared the footage before posting the AI-generated videos featuring himself.
According to Forbes, the posts were published while the president was in Alaska attending a political rally in Wasilla, north of Anchorage.
President Trump posts an AI video of himself playing with a tiger after posting footage of a man being fatally attacked by a tiger in the UK. https://t.co/UJpYMLqceb
— Akayla Gardner (@gardnerakayla) October 14, 2026
Source: Protothema.gr / Forbes
