Donald Trump shared a widely circulated video showing the fatal tiger attack involving 24-year-old UK resident William Chapman on his Truth Social account.
Chapman died on Saturday after entering a big cat enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, where he was attacked by Altai, a Siberian tiger.
The president, who frequently posts memes and viral videos on Truth Social, accompanied the footage with a warning to Americans.
“Don’t ever mess with nature! President DJT,” he wrote.
Trump then shared several other videos depicting wild animals attacking people after escaping from their enclosures.
Later that evening, he posted an AI-generated video showing a digital version of the president being confronted by a tiger. In the clip, Trump chases the animal away before eventually befriending it, while “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” plays in the background.
One video begins with a lion breaking out of its enclosure at a zoo as a horrified janitor looks on. It is followed by footage of several lions attacking a zookeeper, alongside other clips showing lion attacks.
The president did not add captions to the other videos, which appeared on his Truth Social feed while he was traveling to a rally in Alaska on Tuesday.
Trump shared a widely circulated video showing the fatal tiger attack involving 24-year-old UK resident William Chapman on Truth Social
William Chapman, 24, died on Saturday after entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster
In the days before he entered the tiger enclosure, Chapman posted a series of unusual photographs and videos on social media.
The disturbing footage shows him climbing into the enclosure and approaching a lone tiger resting on a raised wooden platform.
Within minutes, the animal attacked him and he was killed.
Shortly before the attack, Chapman was reportedly alone and dancing while listening to music through headphones. He had also asked visitors to take a photograph of him with the tiger.
He is believed to have climbed into the enclosure, where he began “praying and bowing” on all fours in front of the animal.
As the tiger attacked, Chapman screamed “stop” repeatedly and appeared to make the Makaton sign for “bad.”
Witnesses said he told the tiger to “stop being naughty” and appeared to be “in a trance” and “not attached to reality.”
The scene at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday
The disturbing footage shows Chapman entering the enclosure and approaching a lone tiger resting on a raised wooden platform
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Police and ambulance crews rushed to Yorkshire Wildlife Park as staff evacuated visitors. Chapman was later pronounced dead.
Distressing footage was uploaded to social media and showed the tiger pawing at and toying with the man.
Parkgoers said they then saw it jump onto his neck.
Visitors were rapidly evacuated and emergency services, including an air ambulance, rushed to the scene, but the man was confirmed to have died.
Chapman’s family are aware and are being supported by specialist officers.
Zookeepers were said to have done ‘everything they could’ to drive tiger Altai off, firing five loud acoustic gun blasts in attempts to scare him.
Two ambulances and a helicopter rushed to the park at 1.35pm, with a ‘black screen’ erected around the enclosure as lifesaving treatment was attempted.
Yorkshire Wildlife Park, which remains closed, confirmed that Altai will not be euthanized in the wake of the incident.
Later in the evening, Trump posted an AI video of the tiger attempting to attack him, before the digital version of the President chased him away, before eventually befriending the tiger, all backed by ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’
A man died after climbing into the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday and being attacked by a 200kg male Siberian tiger, Altai, above
An air ambulance and police van are seen at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday afternoon
The licensing authority for Yorkshire Wildlife Park, City of Doncaster Council, has now launched a health and safety investigation into the man’s death.
Dan Swaine, executive director of place at City of Doncaster Council, said: ‘As the relevant licensing authority for the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, I can confirm that, in line with our statutory duties, the council has launched a health and safety investigation.
‘We are also working with multiple agencies, including the police and health agencies, and are supporting the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in response to the incident.
‘At this time, we won’t be commenting further on the individual or the investigation and we ask that the privacy of those involved is respected at this difficult time.’
Yorkshire Wildlife Park opened in 2009, with the Land of the Tigers attraction opening in 2011.
The attraction is a purpose-built, two-acre reserve for Amur tigers, an endangered subspecies with around 500 left in the wild.
Photos of the enclosure on the park’s website show a high walkway for visitors and fencing above the section where the tigers can roam.
