Daniel Wolfram
“Don’t ever mess with nature!” Trump pairs graphic footage of a fatal UK zoo tragedy with a chaotic late-night social media blitz.
Donald Trump shocked followers on Truth Social last night when he shared disturbing footage of a fatal tiger attack involving a young British man.
Along with the clip, the former president issued a stark warning to the public, writing, “Don’t ever mess with nature! President DJT.”
Normally, that would be something one’s grandparents would accidentally post without seeing the horrible ending of the video, not the President of the United States.
An apparent warning
Flying to Alaska for a midterm rally yesterday, Trump, undoubtedly with the help of his “human printer,” Natalie Harp, kept posting uncaptioned clips of escaped lions, including one surprising a janitor and another charging a zoo handler.
Trump also “re-truthed” an AI clip of himself taming a tiger to the tune of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by The Tokens.
Behind the viral spectacle sits a grim tragedy in a zoo in the UK. On Saturday, 24-year-old UK resident William Chapman lost his life inside the tiger habitat at Yorkshire Wildlife Park after encountering a Siberian tiger named Altai.
Before the visit, Chapman had posted a series of unusual photos and video clips on his own social media accounts.
Inside the enclosure
Eyewitnesses said Chapman arrived alone. As reported by the Daily Mail, he spent time dancing to music through his headphones before asking bystanders to take photos of him near the enclosure.
Shortly afterwards, he climbed the barrier and approached the resting tiger.
Once inside the pen, he began “praying and bowing” on all fours. Shocked onlookers reported that he seemed “in a trance” and appeared “not attached to reality” – even telling the massive cat to “stop being naughty.”
The animal attacked within minutes. It toyed with Chapman before leaping onto his neck, while he screamed “stop” repeatedly and made the Makaton sign for “bad.”
Staff evacuated terrified park visitors as police, paramedics, and an air ambulance rushed to the scene, but emergency responders confirmed the young man had died.
Trump’s social media presence has become more erratic
It is unknown whether Trump knew the tragic backstory when he posted the gruesome video, but this animal posting spree is just the latest in the erratic behavior of Trump on his social media platform.
Additionally, it is becoming more common that Trump spends most of his night on Truth Social looking at posts shown to him by Harp, who is his personal aide.
There have also been reports about how much power the “human printer” has since she controls much of what Trump sees on social media as she prints everything out for him. She allegedly also only shows the positive posts and articles, meaning that Trump gets a skewed worldview on his personalized social media.
