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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Very good....
I thought they decided it was the G6 and Trump wanted it to be the G8...
Screw you guys...
Trump is ignoring her.
When der Merkel says ve keep our trade in place,
We Heil! Heil! Right in der Merkel’s face!
G’damn Trump “Rankling”
That he is. I heard May got the brush off too.
John Bolton: “Hey, Angela...Hillary said she wants her pantsuit back!”
Looks to me like Merkel is aroused by being ignored and wants to dive over the table to get some Trump.
maybe Angela can put a funny hat on him on instagram.
Madan Chancellor,you are losing
Angela speaks: “What do you want, Mr.Trump? Do I haff to get down on my hands and knees to convince you of Global Warming?
What must I do? Tell me, please!”
Why can't you be more like mein Barky?
"If Hillary won, we could just buy her off."
The difference in the G-7 meeting and its true outcome is laughable when you read the crap MSN or Yahoo put out as opposed to what transpired . 180 degree difference with the media ... what a pathetic state moonbat leftist college puke reporters have turned out to be...absolutely “group think” zombies...f ‘in morons . The majority of college graduates that I meet are quite often some of the most irrational/ignorant people politically . Simply braindead nonindependent , couldn’t think their way out of a one way street .
Did she get that space suit from the set of Moon Raker?
As a teenager growing up in the 1970’s I remember Pierre Trudeau and his wife Margaret. She was the number one party girl of the era, Bianca Jagger maybe a close second. Margaret Trudeau spent more time away from her husband than with him and allegedly slept with who knows who, Does poor Justin even know who his real father is?
genius
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June 9, 2018 | Vanity
Posted on 06/09/2018 4:36:40 PM PDT by PROCON
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