President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, at the White House’s South Entrance Wednesday morning.
WATCH:
While Prime Minister Netanyahu — at the prodding of his wife — greeted the First Lady with a kiss, President Trump shook Mrs. Netanyahu’s hand, of which the Internet immediately took notice.
Why didn’t Trump kiss Bibi’s wife?! He shook her hand!!!! lol
— S. E. Jihad Levine (@Heshke239) February 15, 2017
Bibi gets nudge from wife to hug Melania. Trump ignores Bibi’s wife in return.
— Chauncey (@eericski) February 15, 2017
Trump flies Melania in to meet Bibi’s wife but not the wife of Shinzo Abe.
— Boney Hurdle (@eclecticbrotha) February 15, 2017
trump needs a protocol droid. Where the hell is C3P0 when you need him?#BiBi
— Norm (@NOJOgolf) February 15, 2017
Naturally, people found a litany of other reasons to complain about the meeting.
“President Trump and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu hold press conference” is literally the ugliest phrase I’ve ever heard
— Reverse Racist (@que_bolon) February 15, 2017
So will #BIBI bite the BULLET for #TRUMP and sell his PEOPLE to the CAMPS ?
— Pahl RS (@pahlrs) February 15, 2017
Sartorial coordination: Yesterday, Rex Tillerson and Netanyahu had identical red striped ties – today Trump and Bibi both with blue ties.
— Allison K. Sommer (@AllisonKSommer) February 15, 2017
@AllisonKSommer been watching tie color matching 4 years. it’s interesting. Bibi wears blue usually. Trump usually red. today blue. united.
— PROUD AMERICAN GENUG (@GENUG) February 15, 2017
What’s the point of Trump & Bibi having a news conference BEFORE their meeting? Am I missing something?
— Fred Kaplan (@fmkaplan) February 15, 2017
Trump-Bibi meeting could hardly come at worse time as both distracted/weakened by scandal morphing into full-blown crisis
— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) February 15, 2017
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are at the Bibi-Trump press conference. Jared I get – what’s Ivanka doing there?
— Amy Spiro (@AmySpiro) February 15, 2017
Barely a day in the past 2 weeks that Ivanka Trump has not been in the White House. She’s at the Bibi presser right now.
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) February 15, 2017