President Donald Trump, his daughter Ivanka Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the Vatican on Wednesday morning for a meeting with Pope Francis.
Multiple stories were born from the family's visit, namely the news that Melania Trump wore a veil to the meeting in Vatican City, but she did not cover her head on a trip to Saudi Arabia last week.
Another, admittedly, less pressing issue has erupted from the "fantastic" visit to Vatican. A photo showing smiley Donald, glum Ivanka, Melania and Pope Francis has been reaching far and wide for its eeriness. It appears in the portrait that the pope does not seem too happy to be there with the Trumps.
Trump and Pope leaving room for the Holy Spirit pic.twitter.com/L66UtFChEw
— Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) May 24, 2017
While we're sure it was just a well-timed photo and that Pope Francis may not despise Trump as much as it seems in the photographed moment, the picture has taken on a life of its own online today.
The jokers of Twitter are using this photo opportunity like the jokers of Twitter often do – they're reposting the photo with their own captions and edits, morphing the strange snap into a just as strange meme, naturally.
There is even a video of Pope Francis doing a Kanye West smile-to-stern-look in an instant after looking at Donald Trump.
LMAO! Even Pope Francis made the "Would you look at this f*cking guy" face that everyone makes when they meet Trump. pic.twitter.com/6wtdVbnbYt
— Dab Aggin (@DabAggin) May 24, 2017
— Simon Hendriksen (@SimonHendriksen) May 24, 2017
— Yashar (@yashar) May 24, 2017
*record scratch*
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) May 24, 2017
*freeze frame*
POPE: Yep that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. pic.twitter.com/7RB3z2ByKL
pope francis sweetie im so sorry pic.twitter.com/al5n8uk7gU
— shine (@Iubesirhc) May 24, 2017
DONALD is a President destroying the EPA
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) May 24, 2017
FRANCIS is a Pope trying to save the Earth
They are…THE GOD COUPLE. CBS Tuesdays after “Bull" pic.twitter.com/p60mxEa1ry
First still from "Avengers: Infinity War" pic.twitter.com/M9u3OrraxE
— Mike Denison (@mikd33) May 24, 2017
— louise menchies (@dunkingdad) May 24, 2017
Ofjared, Ofdonald pic.twitter.com/03jdQ5VuMK
— marisa kabas (@MarisaKabas) May 24, 2017
Three of these people are fearing the smiting bolt might go wide. pic.twitter.com/3BTyLHLKS6
— quinn cummings (@quinncy) May 24, 2017
It's our big Star Wars preview reveal day at Vanity Fair! pic.twitter.com/3VFD9pIdTv
— Matt Lynch (@mbradylynch) May 24, 2017
Pope Francis receives Trump in Mauri face mode... pic.twitter.com/exZCGwOeiH
— Chinchudo (@jorgito53172725) May 24, 2017
Now, for the important stuff.
During the meeting, Pope Francis and Donald Trump discussed the environment, according to reports. Bloomberg Politics claims that, in talks at the Vatican on Wednesday, the pope urged the president to meet U.S. commitments on climate change.
Pope Francis, who is famous for his environmental advocation, even gave Trump his copy of his 2015 letter calling for urgent action on fossil fuel emissions.
Trump responded by saying he would not forget the pope's message (the same man who claimed global warming is the work of the Chinese, "in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive").
Meanwhile, Trump gifted Pope Francis a copy of a special edition version of some of Martin Luther King's works.
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