Russian media openly mocks Trump as lesser man than Putin
Interesting to see how the meeting is playing in Russia.
Russian media openly mocks Trump as lesser man than Putin
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By Eric Boehlert | July 7, 2017
Casting Putin as the day's big star, Russia media is mocking Trump and portraying him as pathetically weak.
(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The White House might be hoping that Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will produce glowing press coverage at home. Indeed, the cable news coverage seemed very impressed that the 30-minute scheduled meeting stretched into a one that ran more than two hours between the two leaders.
But in Moscow, the Russian media isn’t being so nice to Trump. Outlets framed the summit as an at-times awkward G20 event for the U.S. president, who was portrayed as not quite being Putin’s equal.
The Russian media message Friday seemed to revolve around the idea that Russia and the United States could be great partners — if Putin deems it worthwhile.
When the G20 leaders met for their annual group photo, Russia’s RT made sure to belittle Trump’s placement, highlighting how he wasn’t featured front-and-center the way President Barack Obama had been in previous years.
RT?Verified account @RT_com
Not so close? #Trump further from center than predecessor #Obama for #G20 family photo https://on.rt.com/8h9e
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Meanwhile, Russian dissident Garry Kasparov noted that this image of Trump offering his handshake to Putin while the Russian president seemed to ponder the request had quickly spread throughout Russian media.
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