Posted on 06/01/2017 12:56:03 PM PDT by EveningStar
Top leaders of five Nordic countries are rejecting claims that they "trolled" President Donald Trump by posing for a photo that is drawing comparisons to the US leader's now-infamous moment with a glowing orb during his trip to Saudi Arabia.
The photo, which was first reported by The Hill, shows the prime ministers of Norway, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Denmark all placing their hands on a European soccer ball -- an image that would most likely have been viewed as benign had it not surfaced just days after one of the most memorable moments from Trump's first foreign trip to the Middle East and a NATO summit in Brussels...
"This time Twitter has jumped to conclusions that aren't correct," said Mary Gestrin, a spokesperson for the Nordic Council of Ministers. "There was no intentional reference to the picture with President Trump and therefore there is absolutely no intended parody either." ...
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Why is it infamous?
All of the people in that photo look ..... “Nordic”. Don’t they believe in diversity?
Imitation: the highest form of flattery
Apparently, in Nordic countries “leader” means “loser”. What a bunch of socialist degenerates. They disgrace Nordic history with their collective idiocy and lunacy. They are weak...very weak.
I read it. I just re-read it. I still don’t see what the original buzz was all about. Touching a globe, then touching a ball. Ok. Wow. Yeah. Heavy, man.
(What?)
LMAO!
The original orb was at an anti-extremism center. Why do these pigs at CNN say Trump’s visit there was “infamous”? Total scoundrels.
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