Very awkward body language… but @realDonaldTrump did offer Vladimir Putin a wink. @SkyNews ? pic.twitter.com/mQur4dzReI — Mark Stone (@Stone_SkyNews) July 16, 2018

President Donald Trump winked at Russian President Vladimir Putin at the beginning of a presser that was characterized by “awkward body language” and tame, short answers.

Trump’s friendly gesture was the wink heard round the world and supported a tweet the president sent out earlier which indicated that the cause of U.S.-Russian tensions was not Russia, but the United States and, particularly, the Mueller probe.

More discomfiting still, Russia’s foreign ministry agreed with Trump’s assessment, tweeting out as much Monday.

People reacted harshly to Trump’s little wink at Putin and his overall demeanor with the Russian president:

Oh my god. Trump looks like he just got schooled by his teacher. The shoulders hunched over, hands in lap. Could he be more submissive? https://t.co/zQlWDAIMAX — John Aravosis (@aravosis) July 16, 2018

Only Trump could make Putin look like the classy one https://t.co/5WTHVtzJhX — rabia O’chaudry (@rabiasquared) July 16, 2018

gotta consult a dentist to get the real body language analysis here https://t.co/7VXUTQioPg — Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) July 16, 2018

We’ve all had work appraisals like this https://t.co/oTKIQMOron — Sathnam Sanghera (@Sathnam) July 16, 2018

Watch above, via Twitter.

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