G7 leaders meeting in Germany on Sunday woke up to reports that Russian missiles had struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv:
VIDEO: Russian missile strikes hit a residential complex in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
The explosions come as G7 leaders are gathering in Germany to discuss their backing of Ukraine against Russia's invasion pic.twitter.com/hLCykjK2vm— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 26, 2022
And it in response, these same world leaders were captured on a hot mic mocking Vladimir Putin’s appearance and such. Have a watch:
G7 leaders mock Putin in jokes about stripping off pic.twitter.com/PIPbBnrmbo
— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) June 26, 2022
Excerpts from Fox News:
“We have to show that we’re tougher than Putin,” Johnson quipped.
“We’re going to get the bare-chested horseback riding display,” Trudeau added.
Johnson ribbed, “We’ve got to show them our pecs,” while Von der Leyen interjected, “Horseback riding is the best.”
This is the shlub that was mocking Putin as he was killing Ukrainians:
Now is not the time to give up on Ukraine, they need the support and resolve of the @G7 more than ever.
The UK will continue to back Ukraine every step of the way, because we know that their security is our security, and their freedom is our freedom. pic.twitter.com/hXJ4jhCN1I
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) June 26, 2022
And would it be too much to ask that the UK Prime Minister tuck his shirt in before the family photo?
G7 destinará 600.000 millones de dólares a infraestructuras de países con bajos ingresos https://t.co/in0xbkuCpe pic.twitter.com/i6ChwJYLeA
— Contrapunto (@contrapuntovzla) June 26, 2022
As for Russia, President Biden announced in sanctions to prevent Russia from exporting gold:
The United States has imposed unprecedented costs on Putin to deny him the revenue he needs to fund his war against Ukraine.
Together, the G7 will announce that we will ban the import of Russian gold, a major export that rakes in tens of billions of dollars for Russia.
— President Biden (@POTUS) June 26, 2022
Bloomberg calls the gold move “largely symbolic,” but it sure sounded good for the rube back home:
Ban on New Gold Imports From Russia Seen as ‘Largely Symbolic’
Well, if that works as well as whatever the hell it is Europe is doing with Russian gas, Putin will make a fortune off of it:
This morning I met with @Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz to discuss our common objective of supporting Ukraine in the defense of its democracy against Russian aggression and a range of shared priorities the G7 will advance together. pic.twitter.com/zRXXsc3Kgl
— President Biden (@POTUS) June 26, 2022
Good job, everyone:
Putin just said that Russia will be raking in oil and gas profits for years to come, and 3 key data points show he might be right https://t.co/NGnMdXUT2g
— FORTUNE (@FortuneMagazine) June 15, 2022
They’re talking about escalating a war that will see Russians and Ukrainians die and they’re acting like frat bros who haven’t seen each other in years:
We must support Ukraine to strengthen their hand in both the war and any future negotiations.
President @EmmanuelMacron and I agreed to step up our military support for Ukraine at this critical moment, and to enhance Anglo-French cooperation on defence and security.
🇬🇧🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/VPcVZgM9dj
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) June 26, 2022
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