President Trump fired back Friday evening against media reports that his relationship with various world leaders has soured.
Trump specifically referenced photos that have been released of a meeting from the G-7 this past weekend. The photos show Trump seated at a table as multiple heads of state — including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — crowd around him in serious discussion.
[Twitter explodes over photo of Angela Merkel staring down Trump at G7 summit]
“The Fake News Media sad that I did not get along with other Leaders at the #G7Summit in Canada,” Trump tweeted, adding his own photos from the weekend. “They are once again, WRONG!”
The Fake News Media said that I did not get along with other Leaders at the #G7Summit in Canada. They are once again, WRONG! pic.twitter.com/I6eEKEZV6z
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2018
In a previous tweet, the president said he had a “great relationship” with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The president contended the visible frustration many had perceived on Merkel’s face was merely anger at being asked for things “no other American President would ask for”.
I have a great relationship with Angela Merkel of Germany, but the Fake News Media only shows the bad photos (implying anger) of negotiating an agreement – where I am asking for things that no other American President would ask for! pic.twitter.com/Ib97nN5HZt
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2018
