Argentina hosted this year’s G20 summit, and while President Donald Trump attended, he clearly wasn’t having fun during his trip.
Trump’s problems started after he met with Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri on Friday. He insisted that he could understand President Macri better in Spanish than his English translation. (Trump does not speak Spanish.) He proceeded to drop his headpiece to the ground as an aide sheepishly walked onstage to pick it up.
That’s after Justin Trudeau refused to call the new NAFTA by the name Trump made up and he also refused to hold up the document he signed.
— Island Girl – 100% Pro-Choice, Vote Blue (@bluepolitics_) November 30, 2018
Trump decided to drop his earpiece on floor while talking to Macri because he understands Spanish. He doesn’t. He barely speaks English. pic.twitter.com/i0jBvz42uP
He then spoke about the “great job, successful job, a very big job” he did after purchasing Manhattan’s West Side railroad yard from Macri’s father. He also suggested the Argentine president “was a very young man, very handsome man,” implying Macri is neither young nor handsome anymore.
“Little did I know that his son would become a president,” Trump said. “And little did you realize that I was going to become president.”
Donald Trump talks about his long-standing friendship with Argentina’s President Macri as the G20 Summit kicks off.
— CNN (@CNN) November 30, 2018
“I have been friends with Mauricio for a long time… People wouldn’t know that he was a very young man, a very handsome man.” https://t.co/Tw1b9Wsfxb pic.twitter.com/mOewAgjnCV
Was? Thank you for him. https://t.co/OQIXOqEqVh
— ROBIN (@docteur_robin) November 30, 2018
I too, was young once
— Jane.doe79763 (@doe79763) November 30, 2018
Trump has a genius for the put-down compliment https://t.co/F7cehRfFNK
— Isabel Hilton (@isabelhilton) November 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/danmclellan/status/1068467414617059328
That wasn’t the end for Trump. As Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud shared a high five, Trump wandered through a sea of world leaders seemingly lost, confused, aimless.
https://twitter.com/CarbRundum/status/1068637006647959552
VIDEO: All smiles, laughs & handshakes as MBS & PUTIN meet at the G20, with TRUMP approaching in the background. pic.twitter.com/RgEX6iNNbB
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) November 30, 2018
Trump in the background wishing he was up there high fiving them too!
— 🐟 Graeme Newman 🐟 (@graemen2508) November 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/SpicyFiles/status/1068533701821284352
The sequel to Misery begins. pic.twitter.com/32laPsaFfj
— Sheena (@SheenaTheSavage) November 30, 2018
But nothing compares to Trump’s shining moment, where he abandoned Argentina’s president while onstage in an apparent attempt to flee his presidential duties as fast as possible. An aide quickly chased after the president, after which a hot mic caught Trump muttering “get me outta here.”
Trump keeps his tradition of awkward diplomacy by walking out on Argentine President Mauricio Macri as photographers click pic.twitter.com/90INvkBYi8
— Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي (@NTarnopolsky) November 30, 2018
Trump did not seem to enjoy his time in Buenos Aires.
https://twitter.com/misslaneym/status/1069056563774656512
^^^ If your turn up the volume, just as Trump lumbers off camera you can literally hear him say “Get me outta here”.
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL (@th3j35t3r) December 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/trumpymctrumpX/status/1069349517537902592
https://twitter.com/juliabhaber/status/1068655678804434945
https://twitter.com/B52Malmet/status/1068849908705345536
What a complete fucking moron! https://t.co/jQ1ilcUKBp
— South Jersey Gal (@suz_humphreys) December 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/missdoobiez/status/1069183249178681346
This video says everything. Argentine President Macri is a stand-in for the world — Trump’s ignorance, arrogance and rudeness leave our friends confused, alone and horrified. https://t.co/h0GmGUIBQB
— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) December 2, 2018
I added John Travolta pic.twitter.com/MhX77sYkBk
— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) December 2, 2018
Some think the Russia investigation has Trump so unnerved that he’s struggling to function.
Russian state tv tonight mocking Donald Trump: anchor compares Putin’s “confident mood” at the G20 with “sullen Trump, who sat in a closed posture, as if he was protecting himself from everyone there & scared of putting his foot in it.” pic.twitter.com/uNG7APcOJ5
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) December 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/MissFuhrerious/status/1069579966294237185
He is totally lost it. the pressure from those from his campain under indictment has to be enormous
— Stephrn Hamilton (@iplumbright58) December 2, 2018
maybe he saw mueller in the crowd and did a runner
— Chris Kernaghan (@nightgargoyle1) December 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/pete_pete29/status/1069182138371706880
What a fucking embarrassment Trump is. 😑
— The Trump Crisis 🎯 (@RWTrollPatrol) December 1, 2018
Someone must have yelled out
‘Mueller is coming’
Trump heard saying – Get me outta here! https://t.co/zCQEiXbHLa
https://twitter.com/factslies_wh/status/1069086359992729602
Others pointed out that this is just Trump’s normal behavior during diplomatic functions: awkward and bizarrely self-centered.
#TheWanderer🚶♂️@POTUS left Argentina’s Mauricio Macri confused as Trump walks off in the middle of their photo op.
— Becca From Texas⭐️ (@BeccaFromTX) December 2, 2018
Poland – wanders outside the bulletproof protection.
WH – walks off w/out signing EO
Got off Air Force One & wanders on tarmac, he’s walked back to motorcade. pic.twitter.com/syrJ2gmsAL
https://twitter.com/TAssaff/status/1068890563989200904
Handshake wars: someone on Trump’s team should have read Howard French’s book All Under Heaven. XJP always stands on the left to force the other guy into an awkward reach. #天下 @hofrench pic.twitter.com/JhD5jvsqQQ
— James Millward 米華健 (@JimMillward) December 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/GaladrielResist/status/1069452878262296576
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