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Photo of Merkel, Trump Goes Viral
MSN ^ | 6-9-2018 | Gillian Edevane

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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TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Japan; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abe; angelamerkel; canada; clickbait; emmanuelmacron; europeanunion; fakenews; france; g7; germany; giuseppeconte; italy; japan; johnbolton; justintrudeau; macron; merkel; nato; reinemachefrau; shinzoabe; tariffs; trump; trumpnotfrump
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To: Fungi
Trump is in the dominant position. He is the center of everyone's attention. The King and his subjects.


21 posted on 06/09/2018 6:24:47 PM PDT by kabar
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To: tcrlaf

"I will just wait here for the fries. Bring me the WHOLE meal together."

22 posted on 06/09/2018 6:24:59 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (robert mueller is an unguided missile)
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To: tcrlaf

PM Abe just seems to be saying,

“You’re wasting your time Angela, he ain’t buying your horsecrap any more”


23 posted on 06/09/2018 6:25:05 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: tcrlaf

I think he’s looking at the guy to her right.


24 posted on 06/09/2018 6:25:26 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: tcrlaf

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.


25 posted on 06/09/2018 6:25:34 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Kozy

Don’t blame the Italians, they’re fighting back.


26 posted on 06/09/2018 6:26:21 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: Blurb2350

He isn’t even looking at her. He’s listening to M. Macron.


Exactly. These people are retarded.


27 posted on 06/09/2018 6:26:27 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: tcrlaf

Behind Trump, Bolton is saying, “No angela, we are not going to sing a rousing chorus of “Der Panzerlied”


28 posted on 06/09/2018 6:26:33 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

She’s got that Sassi interrorgator pose down pat as if she grew up doing it.


29 posted on 06/09/2018 6:26:45 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: tcrlaf

Notice the guy from Japan! LOL!


30 posted on 06/09/2018 6:28:15 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Kozy

She sells wurst than bologne


31 posted on 06/09/2018 6:28:50 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: tcrlaf
Capo di tutti capi or capo dei capi

Italian for "Boss of all bosses"

32 posted on 06/09/2018 6:29:09 PM PDT by cpforlife.org (Abortion is the Choice of Satan, the father of lies and a MURDERER from the beginning.)
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To: dead

LOL


33 posted on 06/09/2018 6:29:31 PM PDT by mylife
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To: tcrlaf

Or the Horst Wessel lied.


34 posted on 06/09/2018 6:29:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: tcrlaf
As opposed to the way we were.


35 posted on 06/09/2018 6:30:41 PM PDT by McGruff (Odd that I never heard anyone accuse the movie Planet of the Apes of being racist.)
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To: Mr. K; All

“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.


36 posted on 06/09/2018 6:30:43 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

37 posted on 06/09/2018 6:31:18 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Fungi

‘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.


38 posted on 06/09/2018 6:31:42 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: tcrlaf

39 posted on 06/09/2018 6:32:09 PM PDT by rickmichaels (I shouldn't have to press 1 for English)
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To: tcrlaf

I don’t know where this reporter pulled his analysis from.

Trump clearly is not rattled


40 posted on 06/09/2018 6:32:26 PM PDT by mylife
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