Outrage in the United Kingdom because Trump shares the video of the deadly attack on a young Briton

LondonDonald Trump always manages to outdo himself, and this time his lack of empathy has outraged the United Kingdom. The President of the United States has shared through his social network, Truth Social, the video of the deadly tiger attack on a young British man, William Chapman, 24 years old, accompanied by the comment: "Never mess with nature!" The events took place on Saturday at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, a zoo located near Doncaster, in the north of England.

Since then, two videos of the incident have circulated widely through different channels. The victim's family—who had been suffering from mental health problems for years, for which he was receiving medical treatment—publicly requested that the circulation of the images be stopped immediately. But Trump has ignored it, has shared the video, and, furthermore, has added other images of animal attacks on humans in the same message. At this moment, it seems the post has already been deleted, but what continues to circulate is another message with a video generated with artificial intelligence in which one can see Trump facing a tiger, and also playing with it, and with which he eventually becomes friends. All of this with music that could be part of the soundtrack for the spin-off of The Lion King, and which could be released under the title Me and the Tiger.

William Chapman died as a result of the injuries caused by the Siberian tiger. The animal, which is five years old and weighs 200 kilos, is named Altai. The video that Trump shared, recorded from behind the fence, shows how the young man enters the enclosure and the tiger grabs him and strikes him with its paws before attacking him. It seems that Chapman is scolding the animal without being aware of the danger he is in. Eyewitnesses to the events have explained to the British media that the young man was wearing headphones and that, before the attack, he had been walking back and forth near the enclosure.

In the statement in which they ask for the dissemination of the images to be stopped, the family says: "The publication and circulation of deeply offensive audiovisual content is causing us extreme suffering at a time of exceptional vulnerability." The relatives have described Chapman as a "bright, affectionate and communicative" young man, who was deeply loved by his own and also loved his family.

The family has left it in the hands of the coroner to determine what role the "powerful medication" that Chapman was receiving played, "if it played any at all," in the circumstances of his death. Other witnesses cited by the local press have related that the young man seemed disconnected from reality before entering the animal's cage.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park has remained closed since Saturday while Doncaster Council, the authority responsible for the zoo's license, investigates the death. According to the park, the keepers tried to pull the tiger away from the young man with several acoustic shots to scare it off. The management has confirmed that Altai will not be put down following the incident.

Apart from Donald Trump's insensitivity, the Chapman family's request focuses on the responsibility of platforms and their users regarding the viralization of dramatic images, especially when the affected person and their relatives cannot control their dissemination. In the case of Truth Social, however, any request for control is in vain.