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Here Are the Best Reactions to THAT Merkel-Trump G7 Summit Photo

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Photographer Jesco Denzel’s snap at the G7 summit has captured the attention of the world. 
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Photographer Jesco Denzel’s snap at the G7 summit has captured the attention of the world. 
(Photo Courtesy: Instagram/Bundeskanzlerin)

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Photographer Jesco Denzel is the man of the moment, with his G7 summit photo of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, French President Emmanuel Macron standing over a seated Donald Trump spreading on social media like wildfire.

Denzel, an official German government photographer at the summit, snapped the now-iconic photo at the 8-9 June G7 Summit in Canada's Quebec.

‘A Defiant Child’ or ‘Trump Being Trump’

Several social media users seemed to find the image a hillarious depiction of Trump’s equations with world leaders, with some pointing out that Trump looks like a petulant child surrounded by adults who are trying to reason with him.

‘It’s a Painting’

Some social media users compared the image to a painting,

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Politicians Join the Fun

German Chancellor Merkel also shared the photo on her official Instagram account, ahead of Trump’s early departure from Canada to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in Singapore.

Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt didn’t hold back either. He tweeted:

Journalist Fabian Reinbold pointed out four perspectives of the same moment:

The Jokes Kept Coming

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