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Fact Check: Does Photo Show European Leaders Lined Up Outside Trump's Office 'Like a Bunch of Kids'?

By C. Douglas Golden August 18, 2025 at 5:19pm

It was a photo that was supposed to show the futility of European leaders coming to the White House to present a united front against President Donald Trump and coming away looking like buffoonish schoolchildren.

And perhaps they did, in the long run — but the picture, as are so many on social media these days, was a fake.

The photo, which went viral on X, purports to show a group of European heads of state lined up outside the principal’s office, with France’s Emmanuel Macron in the foreground.

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C. Douglas Golden

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties).

Birthplace

Morristown, New Jersey

Education

Catholic University of America

Languages Spoken

English, Spanish

Topics of Expertise

American Politics, World Politics, Culture