The mainstream media once again proved Monday that it is hellbent on depicting Donald Trump as a bumbling fool, with some even bragging about getting ‘revenge’ on the President by doing so.

The latest example comes as Trump found himself part of a group handshake with other leaders, while in Asia, momentarily not realizing what was taking place.

Things got a bit awkward as Pres. Trump posed with world leaders for a group handshake at the beginning of the ASEAN summit in the Philippines. https://t.co/cZW0wVwCLT pic.twitter.com/0edOdDCHYh — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 13, 2017

Donald Trump gets confused by the group handshake at Asean | https://t.co/nJkKVWjuEE — ZA News (@ZABulletin) November 13, 2017

Despite the entirely innocuous incident, the media played it up, suggesting that the President was ‘grimacing’ or looking disgusted with what was happening.

Trump grimaces through 'ASEAN handshake' with world leaders in Manila https://t.co/973COuFB6D pic.twitter.com/ezmtlQXmg9 — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) November 13, 2017

Social media mocks photo of Trump grimacing during handshake with world leaders https://t.co/jlJBB5vRJj pic.twitter.com/y4sjt5jbue — The Hill (@thehill) November 13, 2017

The Washington Post wrote:

“In ways both subtle and stark, Trump’s awkward grimace reveals the messy reality of high-stakes geopolitics that an airbrushed official portrait of the ASEAN “family” would gloss over.”

“Just take a look down the line of leaders and their expressions…Maybe we’re reading too much into all of it, but photos like these can help remind us that there are different motivations and different levels of comfort on the world stage at play behind the scenes.” the piece continued.

Yet other frames and video of the incident show that was not the case:

Photos of the day: the leaders cross-arm handshake series at the ASEAN summit in Manila via @AP pic.twitter.com/58r59ByUra — Arden Farhi (@ArdenFarhi) November 13, 2017

The Washington Post also suggested that the photographer, Doug Mills, who protested White House restrictions on access was getting ‘revenge’ by posting the photo:

.@realDonaldTrump joins other leaders in a handshake with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, right, during the opening ceremony of the 31st ASEAN Summit pic.twitter.com/mfqTU8AmUr — Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) November 13, 2017

News photographer who protested White House restrictions on access gets revenge with revealing shot of Trump https://t.co/dxAx8KCrGQ — Post Politics (@postpolitics) November 13, 2017

More media hacks jumped on board:

This should be banned https://t.co/6jB0WBmHon — Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 13, 2017

Is that Medvedev who isn't playing along and, actually, emerges as the winner? https://t.co/1zBIXcLjz7 — David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) November 13, 2017

Reflecting on the time Obama don't play that in a botched three-way handshake with Trudeau and EPN https://t.co/RRCJkZjWVz — David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) November 13, 2017

ASEAN handshake 1, Trump 0 https://t.co/3iB8Kfo4qr — Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) November 13, 2017

Yet more evidence of mass Trump Derangement Syndrome in action.

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