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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"I will just wait here for the fries. Bring me the WHOLE meal together."
PM Abe just seems to be saying,
“You’re wasting your time Angela, he ain’t buying your horsecrap any more”
I think he’s looking at the guy to her right.
According to the Canadian Prime Minister, the priorities were “to strengthen the middle class, advance gender equity, fight climate change, and promote respect for diversity and inclusion”. What crap. None of it helps the middle class.
Don’t blame the Italians, they’re fighting back.
He isn’t even looking at her. He’s listening to M. Macron.
Exactly. These people are retarded.
Behind Trump, Bolton is saying, “No angela, we are not going to sing a rousing chorus of “Der Panzerlied”
She’s got that Sassi interrorgator pose down pat as if she grew up doing it.
Notice the guy from Japan! LOL!
She sells wurst than bologne
Italian for "Boss of all bosses"
LOL
Or the Horst Wessel lied.
“it’s nice when you get to sit down and relax while the lesser politicians beg for audience”
The look of disgust on Abe’s face at Macron and Merkel is PURE GOLD!
I don’t think this is going to fall out the way some aide thought it would.
‘By the body language, Merkel is challenging, and Trump is defending.’
Looks to me as if Merkel is angry and Trump couldn’t care less.
I don’t know where this reporter pulled his analysis from.
Trump clearly is not rattled
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