Disaster Strikes As Trump Accidentally Rips Putin's Arm Off With Macho Handshake

babylonbee.com ^ | Aug 15, 2025

[stanne]

‘Tis but a scratch

[ClearCase_guy]

I LOL’d.

[butlerweave]

OOPS

[Songcraft]

What does this portend for the arms race?

[SaxxonWoods]

It’s a fake arm. Putin’s real arm is hidden and holding a machine gun.

[kiryandil]

Got to love The Bee!😁

[rdcbn1]

I'm surprised that Trump and Putin didn't think that gag up for themselves - timed perfectly for the B-2 bomber and F-35 fly by.

[FreeReign]

Unilateral disarmament?

[Songcraft]

Does that mean Trump has to pull his other arm off too?

[V_TWIN]

“the B-2 bomber and F-35 fly by”

Whoever thought that up is a genius.....probably Trump himself.

1st thing that little weasel sees on American soil is our air power.....priceless!

[Huskrrrr]

Walk it off. 😄

[sphinx]

Is that all? I thought Trump would invite Putin to play golf, and then make Putin carry his own clubs while Trump rides a cart. In retaliation, Putin would strip off his shirt and ride a grizzly bear. They’d make up over dinner, where Trump would take an extra scoop of ice cream and Putin would guzzle a quart of vodka and dare Trump to take a drink.

[Biblebelter]

Well, not unexpected.

I read in the Daily Mail Putin was wearing an ecoskeleton.

But the unusual movements was seized by eagle-eyed Ukrainians, who ridiculed the 72-year-old’s fidgeting and speculated about the state of his health. They even claimed he wore a 'light exoskeleton' as well as thick-platform shoes to overcome his 'Napoleon complex' and minimise his height difference with the US president. An exoskeleton is wearable robotic device designed to assist or augment the posture of the person wearing it.

I know for certain that Putin is suffering from multiple terminal illinesses.

I know it for certain because it has been reported by those "in the know" here on FR.

[lee martell]

Trade Putin for French President Macron, and it doesn’t sound too farfetched. For his own reasons, Trump always overdoes the showy Macho handshake when he is greeting Macron

[rdcbn1]

Actually, the flyby was as much a show of respect for the occasion as it was a show of force.

But it is undeniable implicit threat that if Trump choose to, he could flip the balance of power in the Ukraine conflict decisively in the favor of Ukraine with just the 4 F-22s, the 4 F-35s and the one single B-2 bomber that were on display.

Subtle message to anyone who knows what they were seeing - the US can detach and deploy enough of it's air power assets capable of defeating a very good sized military force for a simple color guard fly over and ramp presence without blinking an eye.

[EVO X]

Actually, the flyby was as much a show of respect for the occasion as it was a show of force.

Could be, but I doubt it. Putin got the red carpet treatment, but it appeared to me to be only about 18 inches wide compared to Trump's ~5 foot wide red carpet.

[rdcbn1]

Symbolism is everything in these kinds of affairs.

The narrow red carpet was symbolic of the path Putin and Russia is going to be walking all alone if Russia spurns Trumps overtures of normalization of relations and economic cooperation.

But if Putin gets with the Trump program and joins the President's agenda he and Russia will be walking the wide red carpet with very powerful and very capable allies.

That was not just the message sent to Putin but also to the 100 plus Russian business people and Putin backers that Putin must satisfy and keep happy and aligned with effort to end the debacle in Ukraine.

The show of force with the F-22s, the F-35s and the B-2 bomber was more to impress and encourage Putin's entourage than Putin himself Trump is working the Ukraine peace issue at a lot of different levels to make this thing a success.

Hopefully, Putin convinces his backers of the wisdom of this course of action and chooses Rusia to walk the wide red carpet with Team USA

[milagro]

NOW THAT’S FUNNY!

[UnwashedPeasant]