‘America First’: Watch as Donald Trump Shoves Fellow NATO Leader Aside So He Can Step in Front
‘Even if It Requires Pushing and Shoving Your Way to the Front’
During a meeting of NATO members Thursday morning cameras caught U.S. President Donald Trump grabbing the elbow of fellow NATO leader Milo Äukanović, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, and literally shoving him aside in an apparent attempt to move in front of him, which he then did. Montenegro is the newest member nation of NATO.
Did Trump just shove another NATO leader to be in the front of the group? pic.twitter.com/bL1r2auELd
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) May 25, 2017
Here it is in slow-motion:
Slo-mo: Trump appears to push aside/shove another NATO leader to get to the front of the group. pic.twitter.com/K0OC6QnEL4
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) May 25, 2017
The video spread fast through social media, with some news outlets attempting to place a less damaging spin on the event.
NBC Nightly News for instance explained in a tweet that Trump “places his hand on a fellow NATO leader and moves him aside to return to the front of the group of leaders in Brussels.”
But others on Twitter offered a far different take:
America First — even if it requires pushing and shoving your way to the front, apparently https://t.co/HfrZ2QYazj
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 25, 2017
Trump shoves another NATO member out of the way so he can be in front. What a disgrace to our nation. pic.twitter.com/061lezULzu
— 👉 #FireHannity 👈 (@williamlegate) May 25, 2017
Wow. Trump shoves the guy, takes “his place” in the front, and then preens a bit. This NATO meeting is not going well. 😳 https://t.co/ozq18fUiGE
— bethany (@CCLCatCam) May 25, 2017
Donald Trump is an utter disgrace. Shoves someone aside, then adjusts his coat with his chin up like a fucking peacock. https://t.co/PIqoJ85Kx6
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) May 25, 2017
So Trump bows to Saudi autocrats, but shoves aside democratically elected leaders to get in the front of the photo. #somuchwinning https://t.co/08WBvBIozp
— Emma Ashford (@EmmaMAshford) May 25, 2017
@DevinAckles who is the guy he shoves? trump is like an immature 12 year old; what a disgrace we are becoming
— Renie57 (@renie_mc) May 25, 2017
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