Photo of Merkel, Trump Goes Viral

MSN ^ | 6-9-2018 | Gillian Edevane

[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.

[petitfour]

“Don’t you know who I am?”

[Hoosier-Daddy]

No, he had the face if I don’t give a shit what you’re saying, it’s the way it’s going to be.

[Hostage]

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Lol! That’s a keeper

[rlmorel]

...Apparently not much interested in Trudeau's agenda on gender equality and "further intersectionality"..."

LOL, in that graphic, he says that like it's a bad thing!

It seems like a day doesn't go by that I don't think more highly of Trump! (the double negative seemed to convey better!)

[usconservative]

PDJT made a complete MOCKERY of the meeting. It was simply masterful.

I equate it to President Reagan's Reykjavik moment which ultimately made Gorbachev cave to the West.

[mylife]

Not sure if she can even make apple kutchen :)

[Hoosier-Daddy]

With Muslim storm troopers

[usconservative]

ROFL!! Well done!

[bigbob]

Abe is not disgusted ya moron, he is mirroring Trump, the strong man in the photo.

[mylife]

In East Germany I think they used old socks to make Apple kutchcen, and they recycled it...

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Another keeper! Danke sehr!

[maine-iac7]

OMGosh!

THAT is classic!

[LucyT]

Does poor Justin even know who his real father is?

Rumor says Fidel Castro is Justin Trudeau's father.

[grey_whiskers]

I've got it!!

The Frump and the Trump.

[grey_whiskers]

MAGA!

"Make Aging Graceful Again"

[maine-iac7]

‘the’ moustache

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Time to shut down the rest of America’s military installations in Germany.

[grey_whiskers]

“Ya ve ist der Supermen”. /s

So Ve HEIL! HEIL! Right in Frau Merkel's Face /Spike Jones, 1940s>

[Hoosier-Daddy]

“Nutz? Was ist dies nutz?”

Deez nutz