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Trump posts edited video depicting King Charles ignoring collapse

9/8/2026

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Trump Posts Edited

U.S. President Donald Trump posted an edited video on Truth Social that shows King Charles III appearing to ignore a grocery-store employee who collapsed.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment when asked about the edited video.
The footage was filmed in July 2020 at an Asda in Bristol with Duchess of Cornwall.
The montage includes clips of Emmanuel Macron, Joe Biden and Barack Obama portrayed as disrespectful.

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Trump Posts Video

U.S. President Donald Trump posted a Truth Social video showing King Charles III ignoring an employee who collapsed at Asda in Bristol.
The coverage stresses the montage exploits the worker’s vulnerability to cast the monarch negatively and bolster Trump’s populist image.
Original footage dates to a 2020 Asda visit when Charles was Prince of Wales.
Unedited video shows Charles reaching to catch the worker and staying until medical staff arrived.

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Trump Posts Edited

U.S. President Donald Trump posted an edited video on Truth Social that shows King Charles III appearing to ignore a grocery-store employee who collapsed.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment when asked about the edited video.
The footage was filmed in July 2020 at an Asda in Bristol with Duchess of Cornwall.
The montage includes clips of Emmanuel Macron, Joe Biden and Barack Obama portrayed as disrespectful.

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