USA08 September, 20262 min read
Donald Trump Shares Edited Video Showing King Charles Ignoring Fainting Asda Worker
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Trump shared an edited video claiming King Charles ignored a fainting worker at Asda visit Multiple outlets label the clip edited and misleading
Truth Social edited clip
President Donald Trump shared a misleading, edited video on his Truth Social platform depicting King Charles walking away from a man who collapsed during a royal engagement. The clip was posted as part of a three-minute montage published over the US Labour Day holiday, and it included a caption claiming it showed "the side of Trump the media doesn't show you".
GB News reported that Buckingham Palace declined to comment, while the unedited footage showed Charles reaching out his arm to try to catch the man as he fell backwards to the ground. The incident in the underlying footage dates to 2020, when King Charles and Queen Camilla visited an Asda distribution centre in Bristol and a staff member fainted while speaking to the future monarch.
Full footage contradicts
Multiple outlets described how the edited sequence made Charles appear to ignore the fainting worker, including a version where Charles appears to raise his hands in a gesture of helplessness before turning his back. The Daily Mail said that in the reworked clip an Asda employee collapses in front of the monarch, after which Charles "then appears to put his hand in his pocket and walk away."
In contrast, The Telegraph reported that the full video filmed in 2020 shows the King tried to stop the supermarket employee from falling, and that he only stepped away when it was clear he was receiving medical attention. Newsweek also said the longer version shows Charles reaching out as the man falls and staying by his side as others rush to help him, while the edited clip excludes that aspect and later footage of the man speaking and laughing after recovering.
Royal and US politics
The montage that Trump posted also portrayed other world leaders in a negative light, with GB News describing French President Emmanuel Macron walking past without stopping as a ceremonial guard collapsed at the Élysée Palace. The Independent said the edited video aimed to frame foreign leaders as ignoring distressed individuals while presenting Trump as "the people’s president," greeting troops and police, honouring fallen soldiers, hugging elderly veterans and acting as a devoted husband.
The Daily Mail reported that Trump included the Charles footage, filmed six years ago, in a montage of world leaders seeming to ignore people in distress, while it contrasted with Trump being shown honouring soldiers and greeting police officers. Trump’s broader comments about the monarchy also surfaced in the same coverage, including his criticism of Harry and Meghan as showing "great disrespect" and his statement that he "wouldn't have taken them back".