It was only a matter of time before the most loveable world leader would have to meet his controversial new next-door neighbour.
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Trump, Trudeau offer divergent views on borders
At a joint news conference, President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered differing views on how to maintain secure borders, with Trudeau welcoming Syrian refugees, while Trump is attempting to block their entrance.
The world leaders discussed US-Canada trade and relations. But, of course, the meeting's real purpose was providing Twitter users with various awkward photographs ripe for a satirical caption or 10, as the progressive, pro-refugee, feminist politician met with a man who was elected off the back of a sexual assault scandal and a plan to crack down on border control.
First there was the awkward handshake (in which Trudeau managed to pull away much quicker than Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last week):
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Quite amazing. Look at the battle going on in that handshake as Trudeau resists the Trump 'grip and yank'. To the gym world leaders! https://t.co/aIBLe25QHh
— Alison Charlton (@alicharlo) February 13, 2017
Breaking: Trump's pussy-grabbing hand no match for Trudeau's pussy-consensual-touching hand. https://t.co/qGtJR4t68J
— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) February 13, 2017
Then the awkward hand, no shake:
god i have to touch him #TrudeauMeetsTrump pic.twitter.com/oJyW51pwZ1
— deem (@ilobeoscar) February 13, 2017
Trump: C'mon, touch it.
— Fiona Adorno (@FionaAdorno) February 13, 2017
Trudeau: No.
Trump: Why?
Trudeau: I know where it's been, and I know it wasn't consenting.
#trumpleaks #Canada pic.twitter.com/2OA2sXCwm0
*record scratch*
— Andy Cole (@AndyCole84) February 13, 2017
*freeze frame*
TRUDEAU: yup, that's me, you'e pro-
TRUMP: personally I dont feel they're that small #TrudeauMeetsTrump pic.twitter.com/jXOFm5Jbiz
And finally this excellent picture of Trudeau simply dissociating from it all:
"I am having a good time." #TrudeauMeetsTrump pic.twitter.com/IOnCO5fkSD
— Andy Cole (@AndyCole84) February 13, 2017
In the international diplomacy equivalent of buying your new neighbour a hedge trimmer while loudly remarking about how the rain can really cause the garden to become overgrown quite quickly, Trudeau arrived at the meeting with a gift for Trump: a picture of the businessman speaking to his father, liberal former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, taken in the 1980s before Trump's move into conservative politics.