It’s unclear if President Donald Trump meant to retweet a video of wild leopards, but on Tuesday night that’s exactly what happened.

The president promoted a video posted by @planetepics, who shared the video from wildlife conservationist Lisa Tora Jaqueline Kytösaho.

The post was ironic, according to one person, because his son has a proclivity for shooting such animals

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He knows his son kills these animals right? pic.twitter.com/X3B0gcLV7K — Zoey Bartlet-Young (@Zoey_Bartlet) February 13, 2019

Trump retweets gorgeous big cats that both of his sons enjoy killing?!

SMFH I think one is a jaguar & the other is a black panther – they are beautiful & should be preserved. https://t.co/D75PiGwLws — CC (@LuvTrumpsHate19) February 13, 2019

Hopefully dad wasn't sending out a signal pic.twitter.com/0adM9idBB7 — Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) February 13, 2019

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The president then followed up with tweets from the White House. It’s the second time in 24 hours that Trump has brought up animals. He discussed his decision to get a dog to help with his image while at a rally in El Paso, Texas. The crowd cheered on the idea that he should get one, but he was concerned about how he might look walking the dog on the White House lawn.

Some speculated it was a staffer ghost-tweeting for the president, who accidentally forgot to change their accounts.

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Whomever is tweeting for trump tonight forgot what account they're using, I guess. — Barbara stress eating re. 2020 (@ThisBarbara) February 13, 2019

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The internet had so many questions. You can read them below:

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What am I missing? Is this a metaphor for something pic.twitter.com/SmCkDdh0yK — Gabby Orr (@GabbyOrr_) February 13, 2019

Trump's way of saying he's a cat guy and not a dog guy and putting the dog debate to bed for good? https://t.co/uBzlIoqb5t — Ginger Gibson (@GingerGibson) February 13, 2019

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WELL THIS IS DIFFERENT. pic.twitter.com/neJLhDxPrs — Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) February 13, 2019

Trump just retweeted a short video of two big cats and I'm so confused… …does this mean we're now at war? Is this a new law? What happens now? pic.twitter.com/wJ6ORMXGS9 — Carrick Ryan (@realCarrickRyan) February 13, 2019

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So Trump doesn’t like dogs but he does like big cats….you learn something new every day pic.twitter.com/phBdecIuKD — Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta) February 13, 2019

maybe Trump is just a cat person? pic.twitter.com/DVevhAxNL4 — Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) February 13, 2019

Ummm…. so… Trump is retweeting cat videos now? Big cats, yes, but still… — Samuel Minter (@abulsme) February 13, 2019

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Is trump trying to tell us he’s a cat person? https://t.co/SOewU16sWF — cécile dubois🧜🏻‍♀️ (@cecileduboisr) February 13, 2019

The President of the United States is tweeting animal videos and honestly I've never felt more conflicted pic.twitter.com/sJWXWxH2sm — Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) February 13, 2019

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But then I remember that his sons kill these magnificent animals for sport. — Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) February 13, 2019

I think @realDonaldTrump retweet this to show @DonaldJTrumpJr and @EricTrump what to trophy hunt next. — Matthew Verkamp (@MatthewVerkamp) February 13, 2019

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Did Donnie and Fred get new rugs? — Shane Kamar (@sckamar) February 13, 2019

I’m supposed to believe he likes the environment now? — Noah K (@NoahK2044) February 13, 2019

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