...I'm going home ...
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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“Trump is in the dominant position. He is the center of everyone’s attention. The King and his subjects. “
Exactly!
Angie girl is leaning forward begging him for something.
Can you photoshop in the cover of Trump’s “Dr.Seuss” style book, “Winners Aren’t Losers” into this photo?
wait till Obrador becomes Presidente in Mexico... that’s gonna be a hoot!
+1
Actually I see most of the “stony faced looks” directed at Merkel.
No. Merkel is trying to be assertive. President Trump (will never get tired of typing that) isn’t defending. He’s ignoring her.
Abe has been cooperative with Trump. The best way to handle Merkel is to threaten tariffs on German autos with the US as their major market and advise her what the US needs more of is Abe’s Lexus taking over the Mercedes market.
Is she wearing a pu$$y hat? LOL!
And Angie, we ain’t done yet. If continental Western Europe wants the protection of our nuclear umbrella which we have spent hundreds of billions developing we want 5% of your GDP
as payment for the umbrella.If we don’t get it we tell Russia you are on your own. No more free rides.
It looks like Bolton is saying.,,,,ewwww. Lol
Looks like an episode of The Apprentice.
Shut the F up already.
LMAO.
Merkel and Hillary both dress like oven mitts.
Too funny.
...I'm going home ...
WOW!.........name everyone in that Picture and tell me their “politics”
LMAO!....you better patent that picture!
Webb Hubbel ??.....I'm not up on the latest Ancestry tests...
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