It was only a matter of time before the most loveable world leader would have to meet his controversial new next-door neighbour.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended the White House on Monday for his first meeting with newly-installed US President Donald Trump.
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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):
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.