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IcyPeas

(25,378 posts)
Sun May 11, 2025, 11:57 AM May 2025

I bet this photo pisses off the orange numpty...

Last edited Sun May 11, 2025, 08:16 PM - Edit history (1)



Keir Starmer (UK), Zelenskyy (Ukraine), Macron (France), Friedrick Merz (Germany), Donald Tusk (Poland)

Leaders of Europe

Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) 2025-05-11T13:46:16.630Z



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I bet this photo pisses off the orange numpty... (Original Post) IcyPeas May 2025 OP
Real julmur May 2025 #1
These are leaders not convicted felons. republianmushroom May 2025 #2
Meanwhile, Trump and all HIS friends... (comment from BlueSky) erronis May 2025 #3
A shitty throne for a shitty and sad clown. Dave Bowman May 2025 #29
What it should be... haryn May 2025 #4
I thought it unfortunate that the "current leaders of Europe" didn't show any women erronis May 2025 #5
Absolutely haryn May 2025 #14
Macron looks wonderful, doesn't he? The French know how they look. They just do. CTyankee May 2025 #6
Yeah, BUT HE WORE A BLUE SUIT to the Pope's funeral!!! AZ8theist May 2025 #39
Perfect! Buddyzbuddy May 2025 #7
It's nice to see the unity and the smiles on all their faces... keep_left May 2025 #8
Probably smells better, too. nt eppur_se_muova May 2025 #32
Like it! calimary May 2025 #9
Leaders of Free World peggysue2 May 2025 #10
Yep. The actual free world. paleotn May 2025 #13
The donald would just try to monopolize it. calimary May 2025 #30
You've just described his obsequious cabinet meetings. . Marcuse May 2025 #31
Aloha, PeggySue.. It a Great photo.. I recognize Cha May 2025 #18
Hi Cha! The tall fellow is Merz of Germany, but I'm uncertain who the guy on the right is... liberalla May 2025 #19
Mahalo! Yeah, I was really wondering Cha May 2025 #21
While ok on some issues he is very conservative. JanMichael May 2025 #27
PS liberalla! Sorry I thought Cha May 2025 #23
Donald Tusk, prime Minister of Poland is the guy on the right IcyPeas May 2025 #22
Oh Thank You, Icy Peas! Cha May 2025 #24
Fox and the RWing DENVERPOPS May 2025 #11
American hegemony is over. paleotn May 2025 #12
Lovely but where are the women? efhmc May 2025 #15
This is truly heart-warming. ShazzieB May 2025 #16
Not really. Trump does not consider them to be "Manly men" like his Jan 6 ICE cops. LiberalArkie May 2025 #17
Don't you know it! ReRe May 2025 #20
SOME heads of state soldierant May 2025 #25
Leaders, different styles. Zelensky. Trump Norrrm May 2025 #26
This looks like a fun bunch of guys Bayard May 2025 #28
One of the best things and a real lasting legacy of President Biden was on his trip to Ukraine and .. Botany May 2025 #37
What the world needs now... moondust May 2025 #33
But no suit! Bumbles May 2025 #34
I'd bet they're sharing a laugh about Trump. nt. druidity33 May 2025 #35
They don't seem to mind Zelensky not wearing a suit. JohnnyRingo May 2025 #36
Holy shit - Friedrick Merz is malaise May 2025 #38

haryn

(43 posts)
4. What it should be...
Sun May 11, 2025, 01:13 PM
May 2025

And if Kamala was president, she'd be there with them, enjoying the common purpose and friendship that obviously binds them. Instead, we have, unfortunately, what we have. I'm in my late 70's; my fervent hope is that I outlive him and his fascist regime..

erronis

(23,700 posts)
5. I thought it unfortunate that the "current leaders of Europe" didn't show any women
Sun May 11, 2025, 01:25 PM
May 2025

at least in this picture. There are other leaders which include women, but not in a fair representation.

haryn

(43 posts)
14. Absolutely
Sun May 11, 2025, 02:18 PM
May 2025

I absolutely agree. At this point in an apparent world gone mad, that issue, for me, (and I'm a woman), is one to continue fighting after Trump and all of his ilk are, hopefully, in prison, or possibly having succumbed to any of their various addictions.

keep_left

(3,209 posts)
8. It's nice to see the unity and the smiles on all their faces...
Sun May 11, 2025, 01:34 PM
May 2025

...which could possibly have something to do with Trump not being present!

Speaking of European leaders, does anyone remember this? (Trump boorishly pushing the president of Montenegro out of his way). Notice that Trump is the only one with the open jacket, because his doesn't fit! (This is the pre-Wegovy Trump).


https://democraticunderground.com/100220085411#post44
https://democraticunderground.com/10141784230
https://democraticunderground.com/100219703619

paleotn

(22,138 posts)
13. Yep. The actual free world.
Sun May 11, 2025, 02:17 PM
May 2025

Never thought I'd live to see the US excluded from that club.

calimary

(89,861 posts)
30. The donald would just try to monopolize it.
Mon May 12, 2025, 02:05 AM
May 2025

He’d demand to be in the center, “first among equals”, with the others positioned around him, desperately trying to assert that it’s all about him. GLAD he’s not there.

Hell, he doesn’t belong there. And I’m sure they know they can actually get some business done with both him and his ego not there.

Works for me!

Cha

(318,697 posts)
18. Aloha, PeggySue.. It a Great photo.. I recognize
Sun May 11, 2025, 05:18 PM
May 2025

Presidents Zelensky and Macron but don't know the others.

Could you tell me, Please?

💙 🌈

liberalla

(11,070 posts)
19. Hi Cha! The tall fellow is Merz of Germany, but I'm uncertain who the guy on the right is...
Sun May 11, 2025, 06:08 PM
May 2025

Sort of looks like Olaf Scholz (former German leader?)

Cha

(318,697 posts)
21. Mahalo! Yeah, I was really wondering
Sun May 11, 2025, 07:03 PM
May 2025

who he is.. Great.. 6'6"!

What an interesting history Now Chancellor Merz has..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Merz

Happy Mom's Day, Peggysue! 💙 🌈

Cha

(318,697 posts)
23. PS liberalla! Sorry I thought
Sun May 11, 2025, 08:20 PM
May 2025

you were PeggySue.

Mahalo to you for telling who Merz is .

IcyPeas

(25,378 posts)
22. Donald Tusk, prime Minister of Poland is the guy on the right
Sun May 11, 2025, 08:14 PM
May 2025

(I'll edit the post to add this)

Keir Starmer (UK), Zelenskyy (Ukraine), Macron (France), Friedrick Merz (Germany), Donald Tusk (Poland)

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
11. Fox and the RWing
Sun May 11, 2025, 02:07 PM
May 2025

will use this to their advantage, saying that Trump was on the left, and someone cut him out of the picture......

paleotn

(22,138 posts)
12. American hegemony is over.
Sun May 11, 2025, 02:15 PM
May 2025

Honestly, that might not be a bad thing. Certainly for Ukraine right now. And if we ever get out of this mess, it's better to have equal partners who are actually equal, and not be the sole colossus with a unilateral bent. That's gotten us into nothing but trouble from Vietnam to Iraq. Mainly because no one else on our team was strong enough to say no and have that mean anything. Can't find consensus? That's fine. Maybe the best answer sometimes is to do nothing instead of rushing in, foolishly confident in our own, unvetted view.

They've got some catching up to do militarily, but are certainly wealthy enough and technological advanced enough to equal and surpass the US. Truth is, we and the former Soviet Union are the reason they need to catch up. Through most of the Cold War, certainly the decades right after WW2, it wasn't in our collective interests as the 2 sole super powers to allow a rearmed Europe. The German Bundeswehr wasn't established until 1955. A full 10 years after WW2 ended. France tired of us and went their own way. Can't blame them.

efhmc

(16,569 posts)
15. Lovely but where are the women?
Sun May 11, 2025, 02:28 PM
May 2025

Seems we are going backward in this area of life. As in so many others.

ShazzieB

(22,537 posts)
16. This is truly heart-warming.
Sun May 11, 2025, 02:31 PM
May 2025

Zelensky looks so happy and comfortable, because he knows he's among friends. And you can tell how much respect the others have for him. Love this!

ReRe

(12,185 posts)
20. Don't you know it!
Sun May 11, 2025, 06:15 PM
May 2025

Five European world leaders, walking along in congeniality and joyous smiles.
Yeah, this'll blow him away. Stupid and his guys might have all the money
in the world, but they don't have what these guys have.
The Joy and confidence that being on the right side of history brings.

Bayard

(29,484 posts)
28. This looks like a fun bunch of guys
Mon May 12, 2025, 12:53 AM
May 2025

I think most other countries' leaders hate trump, or, at best, hold him in contempt.

Botany

(77,186 posts)
37. One of the best things and a real lasting legacy of President Biden was on his trip to Ukraine and ..
Mon May 12, 2025, 09:50 AM
May 2025

… visited Zelenskyy was afterwards he worked to put a collation of European leaders
to help in the war on Russia’s brutal aggression and occupation of Ukraine.

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