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Polish Leader Resists View That He Was Disrespected by Trump
« on: September 21, 2018, 10:24:21 am »
I think this is another big nothing story. How many photos have I seen of VP Pence standing next to the Prez? And other dignitaries as well? Bending over the desk looks a bit like an awkward posing of a picture, for Pete's sake!


https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/msn/poland-used-to-be-okay-with-trump-then-he-posted-a-photo/ar-BBNzdey
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Polish Leader Resists View That He Was Disrespected by Trump

Poland's president is fighting back against criticism at home over a photo posted by Donald Trump that some say shows the Polish leader in a subservient role during a White House visit.

Sept. 21, 2018, at 4:43 a.m.

Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's president is fighting back against criticism at home over a photo posted by Donald Trump that some say shows the Polish leader in a subservient role during a White House visit.

Trump tweeted photos of himself with President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday, including one of them signing a strategic cooperation agreement in which Trump is sitting at his desk and Duda is standing.

Critics of Duda, a conservative, have accused him of allowing himself and Poland to be dishonored, even humiliated.

Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-09-21/polish-leader-resists-view-that-he-was-disrespected-by-trump

This is probably an accident, they didn't think it out. I have not seen chairs set side by side in the oval office for a visiting head of state though, such pictures may exist. It looks like a photo op that possibly was not thought out ahead of time.

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