What happens when the left-leaning, pro-immigration, selfie-loving Prime Minister of Canada meets the right-leaning, border-enforcing, Twitter-loving President of the United States?
In a word: captions.
Twitter erupted with clever captions for a handshake between PM Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, during Trudeau's first meeting with the new American leader.
Much of the reaction came after a brief photo op in the Oval Office, where Trudeau and Trump shared a six-second handshake. It was a trivial moment, but many were waiting to compare it to Trump's first handshake with Japanese leader Shinzo Abe, which lasted 19 seconds.
But Twitter was more interested in the moment before the shake, when Trudeau was captured in a photo staring at Trump's offered hand.
The photo spawned a flurry of suggested captions.
An accurate representation of what Canadians think of us #TrudeauMeetsTrump pic.twitter.com/pWvnmxSvgo
— Elisabeth Ashlee (@lis_ashlee) February 13, 2017
"Such tiny hands. Obama was right.." #TrudeauMeetsTrump #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/ShjVHgcvqK
— Josh (@joshohsnap) February 13, 2017
Ew, okay. I can do this. 2 seconds, 3 seconds tops and then I'm letting go. #TrudeauMeetsTrump pic.twitter.com/IX38FoouYC
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) February 13, 2017
Can we not and say we did?@JustinTrudeau @realDonaldTrump #TrudeauMeetsTrump pic.twitter.com/ZtfFkj45O4
— TheAfterMovieDiner (@aftermoviediner) February 13, 2017
#TrudeauMeetsTrump pic.twitter.com/FXzLGjLBd9
— James McPherson (@JimBMcPherson) February 13, 2017
Trump: Pleasure to meet you
— Teela B Wyman (@pandawithagun) February 13, 2017
Trudeau: I'm not falling for that one#TrudeauMeetsTrump pic.twitter.com/FQ3u5RaN4d
Trump's hand also became the perfect spot for users to Photoshop things onto.
This does not bode well.#TrudeauMeetsTrump pic.twitter.com/a0yk7eG7z2
— Andy Cole (@AndyCole84) February 13, 2017
AND HERE IS A PHOTO OF DONALD TRUMP SHOWING JUSTIN TRUDEAU HIS PET PAUL RYAN! #TrudeauMeetsTrump pic.twitter.com/s2uZbgka2g
— Chris Daniels (@sirchrisdaniels) February 13, 2017
Interesting choice of official gift. pic.twitter.com/K7R0cQ88fc
— Norm Kelly (@norm) February 13, 2017