I guess the Stasi wore brown shirts.
Posted on 06/09/2018 6:17:07 PM PDT by tcrlaf
German Chancellor Angela Merkel shared a picture on her official Instagram account that shows her staring down President Donald Trump during the G-7 Summit in Canada this weekend. True to form, online commenters have since turned the photo into a humorous caption contest.
Merkel—or an aide that runs her account—shared the picture on Saturday, as Trump was preparing to depart early from the meeting in Montréal, Quebec ahead of a high-stakes Singapore meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The photo depicts Trump sitting behind a table with his arms crossed, while stony-faced aides and leaders look in his direction. Merkel looks especially peeved at the former business mogul, whose decision to raise tariffs on aluminum and steel rankled some foreign leaders ahead of the annual meeting.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is also in the photograph, standing with his arms crossed, while Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton stands nearby. The meeting also included Canada’s Justin Trudeau, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Italy's Giuseppe Conte and the U.K's Theresa May
Merkel's official caption is rather benign: "Day two of the G7 summit in Canada: Spontaneous meeting between two working sessions."
Many twitter users, however, had a deeper interpretation of the photograph. Merkel, arguably most powerful leader in Europe, has clashed with Trump numerous times. The two also share wildly different leadership styles. While Merkel takes a more traditional approach toward diplomatic relations, Trump, in contrast, has let his characteristic bluster lead the way, frequently speaking off the cuff and making disparaging remarks about other heads of state. Many—if not most—of the captions created by social media users riffed on that contentious dynamic.
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LOL!
So is PM Abe.
Looks like they’re ALL giving her the stinkeye.
In that photo Trump may be looking at Macron rather than Merkel. Not that it really matters which socialist Trump is looking at. It could be that France and the US were discussing something and Merkel was trying to be relevant.
He looks like he’s about to just bust out laughing at her.
Merkel is the fool that opened the floodgates to Islamic terrorists (disguised as refugees) and now is seeing record-breaking crime explosion - with a particular uptick in rape and other physical violence). Why would any sane person listen to her on ANY subject?
We are reaching levels of Beta Cuckery that should not be theoretically possible.
The leaders of Europe in audience before the KING, while Rap Master Abe looks on in disgust.
Angela Merkel is a brown shirt, I don’t care how you wash it
Trump: The glass is half full.
Merkle: The glass is damn near empty.
I have an East German Makarov, nice pistol.
Glad I live in Tx
I guess the Stasi wore brown shirts.
ROFL!! Oh my God...that’s funny!!
True, said another way.
LOL!
This is getting worse...
Instant Classic!
O. M. G.
When was that taken ??
Merkel and NATO facilitated it but Obama and Clinton set the invasion in.
NEVER forgive them
Gee, ya think? LOL
He’s not buying it, for sure.
He’s got her number.
We rebuilt your continent. Show some thanks
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