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Twitter Erupts at G7 Photo That Appears to Show Trump Falling Asleep in Meeting

Donald Trump denied reports Sunday of tension among world leaders at the G-7 summit in southwest France, insisting that he was having “good meetings” and that everyone was getting along well.

“From the moment we got here, we’ve been treated beautifully,” he said during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

But behind the scenes, there were signs of trouble.

Trump aides complained to reporters that French President Emmanuel Macron had arranged the agenda to focus on issues like climate change that would play well in his home country and make Trump look bad, given Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of an international climate accord.

For the most part, the tensions between the G-7 members – which besides the U.S. includes the leaders of France, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan – have managed to keep their disagreement behind closed doors and out of the views of television cameras.

Twitter users were quick to notice that Trump didn’t exactly look “all there” during the meeting with the G7 leaders.

In fact, he looks like he’s falling asleep. Or angry, as he has his angry crossed-arm posture.

Take a look:

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