Remarkable @Reuters photo of world leaders reacting to Putin's arrival in Paris today. One of them looks visibly happier than the rest. pic.twitter.com/sPfhrUkuIp
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) November 11, 2018
For all Trump is supposed to be ‘a master of visual media’, sure looks like Putin who has the better grasp of the optics here…
Brief Trump-Putin encounter in Paris. The Russian president flashes Trump a ?? after a handshake. https://t.co/TGIEWNYKUF
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) November 11, 2018
Last time I saw a grin/grip/lapel-adjustment like this, literally, was a senior VP hearing at the company roundtable that his division would get its full funding after all. Not just relief, but a public signalling of renewed confidence in one’s business superior.
#Russia's state media complains that Putin and Trump "weren't allowed to communicate," as the seating arrangements were changed at the last minute in order to keep them apart. Putin told Russian media that the two managed to talk nonetheless and their conversation went well. ©? pic.twitter.com/DDYfxkxdnN
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 11, 2018
Kremlin TV: Trump and Putin were supposed to sit next to each other, but French moved them at last minute. (Putin ends up between UN and EU chiefs.) pic.twitter.com/24YFl9b34D
— Lucian Kim (@Lucian_Kim) November 11, 2018
It’s a Tristan & Iseult romance for our times!
Upon leaving Élysée Palace, Putin answers question if he managed to talk with Trump with "yes," says conversation was "good." pic.twitter.com/bU1ppMp4Ic
— Lucian Kim (@Lucian_Kim) November 11, 2018
Of course Putin’s mostly trolling, but can you imagine if it were any other American president who got caught kowtowing this way? Even a Republican?
opiejeanne
Trump is displaying the worst shit-eating grin I’ve ever seen.
opiejeanne
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White House confirms Trump and Putin had a substantive conversation in Paris. Joined by other Western leaders, they discussed “the INF (nuclear treaty), Syria, trade, the situation in Saudi Arabia, sanctions, Afghanistan, China and North Korea.”
Major Major Major Major
Gahhhh.
JGabriel
Lucian Kim via Anne Laurie @ Top:
From Chinese Transcript of Conversation between Pres. Donald Trump of the US and President Vladmir Putin of Russia, 2018.11.11, Intercepts via President Trump’s Unsecured Cell Phone Transmission, After New Seating Arrangements Were Announced:
John Revolta
Melania is all, “Boris, Dollink! I brought Moose to meetink you!!”
opiejeanne
@JGabriel: I think they exchanged notes when they passed in the hallway.
Amir Khalid
It seems to me that Trump isn’t merely beholden to Putin and isn’t just his underling, but is also a bigly fanboi. And is not the only such person in the current Republican party.
opiejeanne
@Amir Khalid: Yes. The way he lit up when he saw Putin was a tell. I mean, he doesn’t even pretend. No subtlety, no playing hard-to-get.
NobodySpecial
@Amir Khalid: Of course he is. Not only is he the “President” Trump wants to be, he’s also the richest man on the planet. He’s the ultimate Chad to a beta cuck like Trump, to use their lingo. Trump can’t help but be attracted.
oatler.
@John Revolta: Willian Conrad narration: “Enough with this Putin bullshit!”
Geoduck
A big smile, and almost a.. normal looking one, unlike his usual efforts.
Amir Khalid
@opiejeanne:
Trump looks like he’s in love.
hellslittlestangel
Afterwards, Trump whiled away hours in his hotel room practicing a fantasy signature: Mrs Vladimir Putin.
PeakVT
Traitor.
rikyrah
Nothing but a traitor??
NotMax
@rikyrah
Open thread, so –
Saw you earlier expressed interest in thing Black Fridayish/Cyber Mondayish.
This site is the most comprehensive, AFAIK, and updated frequently.
Platonailedit
Putin’s easy win cost him nothing.
Aleta
So he winked at him again? (Also happened at Helsinki.)
Big smile (‘Whit’s on it! We’re cool honey bunny.’)
Thumbs up (‘Atta boy Rinty!’)
Wink (‘We two kings, just sitting here, ruling the world!’)
SFAW
@Amir Khalid:
I was going to comment that it’s a good thing the cameras didn’t get a full-frontal (so to speak) of Shitgibbon, because the photos would probably appear in a family-friendly newspaper.
But then I realized that, even if his Putin
lustlove were more … um … evident, they still would have needed an SEM to discern any state of change. One reason I call him Lying Littledick.SFAW
@John Revolta:
“Mook,” not “moose.”
different-church-lady
@opiejeanne: Well, keep in mind he’s eating some of the worst shit.
RedDirtGirl
Angela Merkel had a hard time suppressing a grin when Putin gave Trump the thumbs up!
different-church-lady
The head-tilt is another tell.
Dorothy A. Winsor
Yesterday I watched “All the Money in the World,” the movie about the Getty kidnapping. Old man Getty looked as if having all that money had made him into a crazy person. It made me think of Trump, but I guess Putin is up there too, though in his case “crazy” and “all that money” present a sort of chicken-and-egg question.
Uncle Cosmo
“Tristan & Iseult”, my royal italoamerican arse – more like “Traitorstan & I’mSold”.
Presumably the Deuxieme Bureau had the place bugged up the wazoo so they (& by extension anyone with a need to know over here, including Robert Trois-Bâtons) have the audio & a translation at hand by now.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Macron looks like he’s about to punch Putin lol
japa21
@opiejeanne: WHich means Trump and Putin didn’t have a conversation. It means they all were together for a conversation.
Ryan
I thought most performance reviews took place in the spring?
SWMBO
Trump is looking at Putin like Biden used to look at Obama.
jl
Tump is like a free lance contractor who has to juggle so many paymasters at once. You got Saudi Arabia and some of the richer Gulf States, Israel, some rich power centers in Turkey. And there are problems, the Turkish and Saudi clients are having a tiff right now. And several other middling size contracts we can only suspect at this time.
But Russia is the really big make-or-break contract. If Putin ain’t happy, nobody’s happy.
Bnad
How do we know Trump and Putin didn’t get together in Trumpov’s hotel room for 8 hours?