BREAKING: TOTAL DISGRACE! Donald Trump embarrasses the U.S. on the world stage by refusing to turn on his camera during a Zoom call with the leaders of the G7.
We'll give you one guess why...
In a moment straight out of a bad political satire, Trump hopped on a call with leaders including Canada's Mark Carney and France's Emmanuel Macron — and then failed to actually show his face. It's the kind of thing that a lazy employee might do to avoid getting dressed after sleeping in following a night of heavy drinking.
Or, more likely, it was because Trump was tired and he planned on falling asleep during the call like he has during countless other high-stakes meetings. With his camera off, he could conceivably snooze in peace without the others noticing. Dementia is a physically taxing condition after all.
According to Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, the Zoom meeting was to discuss the global energy market (which has been dramatically destabilized by Trump's Iran War and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz). Specifically, they addressed the "severe pressures" on diesel supplies which, again, is a consequence of Trump's disastrous war.
Present on the call were the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and (possibly) the United States.
The image of Trump's camera turned off was shared by Birol, and it's unclear if he kept it off for the entire call but even a brief failure to show his face is a sign of disrespect, deeply unprofessional, and just the latest indignity that this buffoon has heaped on our closest allies.
