Rishi Sunak’s bizarre embrace with the Italian PM prompted lots of funny gags but this one took the biscuit
Rishi Sunak left the campaign trail behind for a few days to attend the G7 summit in Italy and his meeting (and greeting) with the Italian PM Giorgia Meloni went wildly viral because, well, watch.
Ok this is all just odd now I think it’s all a dream. pic.twitter.com/hCNkknHLCc
— Brendan May (@bmay) June 13, 2024
Italy’s first woman PM, the right wing (or far right) Meloni managed to greet Sunak both sympathetically – mouthing ‘are you okay?’, according to onlookers – whilst also appearing to recoil with a degree of horror, all at the same time.
And it prompted no end of gags as you might imagine.
Pulling away. pic.twitter.com/VHqv58oDj6
— Ste (@xstex) June 13, 2024
Rishi Sunak greets Giorgia Meloni in the style of an 80s sitcom. pic.twitter.com/7aoBe7xbII
— The Jase (@jasemonkey) June 13, 2024
Is this a new dating show? https://t.co/vkA7ZePwDj
— Rosie Holt (@RosieisaHolt) June 13, 2024
“I just got a Sky code” pic.twitter.com/xRQ0zhDBjo
— dave ❄️ (@mrdavemacleod) June 13, 2024
But surely this was the best, the very best, by TomSurman over on Reddit highlighted by @HistorianZhang on Twitter.
Top comment is lit pic.twitter.com/GJVJW7UTyz
— Lawrence Zhang 張樂翔 (@HistorianZhang) June 14, 2024
And just in case that’s tricky to see.
‘Italians malfunction if you prevent their hands from moving.’
TomSurman
Will not be bettered.
‘I am Italian and I approve this comment ‘
Lazy_Ad_2275‘Lol Perfetto!.’
NL_Boots
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Source @bmay