‘Me pretending not to hear my coworkers’: Putin becomes meme just minutes into high-stakes Alaska summit with Trump
Just minutes after the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin kicked off, social media users have already turned Putin’s expression into a meme.
Although the world leaders’ first one-on-one meeting in seven years was supposed to be focused on Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Russian president’s facial expressions — a series of befuddled looks, eyes darting around with a furrowed brow — seem to have already stolen the show. Putin made the faces when reporters bombarded him with questions in the first few moments of the summit.
X users quickly turned his expressions into memes.
“Confused when asked real questions,” one X user wrote.
“Me pretending not to hear my coworker asking for help setting up the Teams meetings,” yet another quipped.
“TFW you remember you’re in a country where you can’t just poison the press when they get too loud,” another remarked.
“What am I even doing here? What the f*** are they saying?” another said.
Earlier in the day, Trump told Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier on Air Force One on the way to Alaska that he has high hopes for a ceasefire: “I wouldn’t be thrilled if I didn’t get it.”
The U.S. President added that he had been told a resolution might not be achievable until a subsequent encounter, expressed a wish for a second meeting on Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Both world leaders touched down in Anchorage on Friday morning.
Trump rolled out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, greeting the leader warmly before they both hopped into U.S. president’s limousine, nicknamed “The Beast.”
The meeting began at 11 a.m. local time. The summit marks the first time Trump and Putin have seen one another in six years.
