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True Dough

(17,090 posts)
Sun May 28, 2017, 12:47 PM May 2017

Trump "discreetly" flips middle finger at Italian Prime Minister




"President Donald Trump appeared to give the Prime Minister of Italy, Paolo Gentiloni, the middle finger while to scratching his head at the G7 summit in Taormina, Sicily.

G7 stands for “group of 7” and consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The group is dedicated to advancing the world’s economy as well as combating climate change under the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, as well as apparently flicking off Gentiloni, Trump’s intentions regarding American participation in the Paris climate deal, agreed to under President Barack Obama, remained unknown on Sunday, reports The Guardian.

Trump has been the odd man out at G7, apparently by choice. While all other world leaders went for a walk with each other through Taormina, Trump chose to ride in a golf cart, reports The Hill.

Not to be outdone, “The White House Facebook page failed to acknowledge First Gentleman of Luxembourg Gauthier Destenay, married to Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, in a post featuring the spouses of world leaders attending this week’s G7 summit in Sicily,” writes Newsweek. The Luxembourgians are the only gay couple of Trump’s foreign counterparts."

http://heavy.com/news/2017/05/donald-trump-flicks-off-italy-prime-minister-middle-finger-g7-youtube-video/
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Trump "discreetly" flips middle finger at Italian Prime Minister (Original Post) True Dough May 2017 OP
Ha! The silly smile afterwards! unblock May 2017 #1
That smirking smile was a dog whistle Brother Buzz May 2017 #8
He has the maturity of an adolescent.... Rorey May 2017 #2
He's a repulsive, disgusting p.o.s. - This same post applies in multiple threads. UTUSN May 2017 #3
Sounds like that should be your sig line then! Lucky Luciano May 2017 #15
Trumpy makes me wish I had more middle fingers FM123 May 2017 #4
yes because of the quick smirk after he did it luvMIdog May 2017 #5
You can bet Trump is sending photos to Putin to prove his loyalty. world wide wally May 2017 #6
Really? Russia has an economy the size of... Italy. Eyeball_Kid May 2017 #23
Only because Putin's oligarchs have all the money and that is what Trump wants to be world wide wally May 2017 #33
Ugh. Ninsianna May 2017 #7
4th grade? janterry May 2017 #9
Going to say 4 th Grade I.Q.. Wellstone ruled May 2017 #13
Imagine the RW Conservative outrage........... ProudMNDemocrat May 2017 #10
On that note, there is some precedent... True Dough May 2017 #12
That's a piss poor use of the stamp tool in photoshop tenderfoot May 2017 #14
LOL LOL Lib May 2017 #34
He had to have had a good reason...... ProudMNDemocrat May 2017 #32
Embarrassing get the red out May 2017 #11
at first I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he wasn't giving the finger .... Botany May 2017 #16
+++ agree iluvtennis May 2017 #19
The thing is whether it was intentional or not, he's not believable anymore LiberalLovinLug May 2017 #17
"The whole world is watching" left-of-center2012 May 2017 #18
Oh, it was on purpose, all right. nt Susan Calvin May 2017 #22
Not even subtle. Ms. Toad May 2017 #20
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! left-of-center2012 May 2017 #21
I'd think this may be innocent NastyRiffraff May 2017 #24
The short-fingered vulgarian shames all of America perdita9 May 2017 #25
Some will interpret this as kind of "punk" because he sticks it to the man. RelativelyJones May 2017 #26
But his supporters.... SergeStorms May 2017 #29
Ladies and Gentleman. May I present the President of the United States of America! Kablooie May 2017 #27
Oh come on. There's enough to hate without this sheer conjecture. nolabear May 2017 #28
Really? With all the actual shit to rag him on? Jeeze whats next, "wheres your birth certificate?" 7962 May 2017 #30
You can have all the money in the world bucolic_frolic May 2017 #31
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2017 #35

luvMIdog

(2,533 posts)
5. yes because of the quick smirk after he did it
Sun May 28, 2017, 01:01 PM
May 2017

Oh 45 if you only knew how many middle fingers go up for you at all times of the day !

world wide wally

(21,718 posts)
33. Only because Putin's oligarchs have all the money and that is what Trump wants to be
Sun May 28, 2017, 04:10 PM
May 2017

Do you think Trump just idolizes Putin because of his philosophy of politics?

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
13. Going to say 4 th Grade I.Q..
Sun May 28, 2017, 01:37 PM
May 2017

Watch for major push back from Italian Companies. This Stupid Idiot has no clue.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,468 posts)
10. Imagine the RW Conservative outrage...........
Sun May 28, 2017, 01:15 PM
May 2017

Had Pres. Obama done this. They would be calling for his impeachment. This would be all they would be talking about.

Hypocrites the lot of them.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
34. LOL
Sun May 28, 2017, 04:41 PM
May 2017

I suck at photoshop, but I caught that right away. I could do a much better job too, and like I said, I SUCK!!!

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,468 posts)
32. He had to have had a good reason......
Sun May 28, 2017, 03:57 PM
May 2017

to do that. Looks like a Cabinet meeting. I think I see Tim Geitner in tne forefront.

Botany

(70,281 posts)
16. at first I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he wasn't giving the finger ....
Sun May 28, 2017, 02:05 PM
May 2017

Last edited Sun May 28, 2017, 03:15 PM - Edit history (1)

.... but the way he smiled afterwards tells me that he flipped the bird to
a head of state at a diplomatic function.

Please make it stop.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,153 posts)
17. The thing is whether it was intentional or not, he's not believable anymore
Sun May 28, 2017, 02:20 PM
May 2017

He's done so many rude, childish things that its more believable that he DID flip the bird intentionally. He's brought down the office of the Presidency to such a low bar the world over. Its his own fault if most take it as purposeful whether he meant it as that or not.

Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
20. Not even subtle.
Sun May 28, 2017, 02:29 PM
May 2017

There was not even an effort to make it appear he was scratching - flipped the bird and brought his hand right back down.

Such juvenile behavior.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
24. I'd think this may be innocent
Sun May 28, 2017, 02:43 PM
May 2017

were it not for that ugly, self-satisfied smirk. As someone said in this thread, that's a dog whistle.

RelativelyJones

(898 posts)
26. Some will interpret this as kind of "punk" because he sticks it to the man.
Sun May 28, 2017, 02:52 PM
May 2017

But it isn't about that. It is the entitled American Psycho brand of antisocialism.

SergeStorms

(18,880 posts)
29. But his supporters....
Sun May 28, 2017, 03:03 PM
May 2017

will LOVE it! Of course they're as immature and low-class as Trump, so their little "see how stupid I can be?" club continues to be a total embarrassment for our country.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
30. Really? With all the actual shit to rag him on? Jeeze whats next, "wheres your birth certificate?"
Sun May 28, 2017, 03:10 PM
May 2017

This stuff is really getting ridiculous. CNN making news out of trump getting 2 scoops of ice cream.
Come on, folks.

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