Leaders of the Free World
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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How many thank yous were said? We need to know before we can consider this is a serious meeting.
**Front row from left:**
* **Finland’s** president Alexander Stubb
* **France’s** president Emmanuel Macron
* **Britain’s** prime minister Keir Starmer
* **Ukraine’s** president Volodymyr Zelenskyy
* **Poland’s** prime minister Donald Tusk.
**Center row from left:**
* **Spain’s** prime minister Pedro Sánchez
* **Denmark’s** prime minister Mette Frederiksen
* **European Commission** president Ursula von der Leyen
* **European Council** president Antonio Costa
* **Canada’s** prime minister Justin Trudeau
* **Romania’s** interim President Ilie Bolojan.
**Back row from left:**
* **Nato** secretary general Mark Rutte
* **the Netherlands’** prime minister Dick Schoof
* **Sweden’s** prime minister Ulf Kristersson
* **Germany’s** chancellor Olaf Scholz
* **Norway’s** prime minister Jonas Gahr Store
* **Czech Republic’s** prime minister Petr Fiala
* **Italy’s** prime minister Giorgia Meloni
* **Turkey’s** foreign minister Hakan Fidan
>Today, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov signalled a striking rhetorical shift. He claimed that for 500 years, “all the world’s tragedies have either originated in Europe or happened because of European policies,” insisting that Americans have played no role in “instigating” conflicts.
Well would you look at that to the surprise of nobody.
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn5220x56pqt](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn5220x56pqt)
Tusk broke his leg? Or just becoming a robot?
Ten years ago I met the love of my life. Seven years ago we got married. I moved to Europe to be with her. I’m American.
Holy fuck did I dodge a bullet.
No obstenate, degenerate, Trump to push his way to the front and muck up the photo. It’s a nice picture of unity.
Tusk’s robotic leg. Fear mecha, Russia!
Love to see us Baltics having been invited…
Some at least. Missing several players, like Japan, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand, etc.
As a Dutch person I am severly disappointed the Baltics weren’t invited. I can’t imagine the stress they are already under after the American betrayel.
Don’t let Russian propaganda rot away your freedom like here in the US. Be strong for us to return at your side.
Baltics not included.
sux that we’re, yet again, not invited.
We now have the chance. The last chance probably. We need to make sure that we don’t destroy ourselves. And Europe can start that!
Viva Europa!
Good to see Trudeau there
Where is trump?
Oh. You said free world…
A lot of free countries are not in this picture, even from a European perspective.
Another one that won’t be added is the mad warmonger, Trump.
Where is Larry?
Were baltics not invited bc wtf?
All Americans:
I see what you did there.
Canada stands with Europe. Love from Ontario guys.
Rutte standing taller than Schoof is juicy as fuck if you’re Dutch
Putting Scholz in the last row is just mean 😢
As usual Macron looks cute.
Fuck yeah cmon Europe. Proud to see Kier standing there shoulder to shoulder with our European brothers and sisters on the right side of history.
where my boys Orban and Fico ? /s
We don’t need to call ourselves leaders of free world, we just need leaders leading Europe.
Nobody outside Europe thinks EU is or should be the leader of the free world and it’s also condescending when Borrel called everything outside EU as a jungle.
Baltics is missing here.
It’s a shame they did not invite leaders from the Baltics.
Nice that Trump isn’t there but I’m not sure how long the US will be free.
Where are the Baltic countries?
I wish that they had all not worn suits, just for this photo
This is utter shame that the baltics are not there, disgrace.
Poor Giorgia Meloni, she looks like she’s not having fun at all
I can’t believe I’m starting to like Keir Starmer
Seing everybody without a suit, or maybe just without jacket would have been a good move.
Where are Belgium, Greece and Portugal?
Checking in from the newest shithole country to make sure the orange madman is not in this photo.
Trump: You don’t have the cards
The cards:
I really wish no one had worn a suit, would have been top level political trolling! Shame!
Imagining them in Star Trek fleet uniforms
Why were these leaders invited specifically? I’m aware the Baltics weren’t invited, for example.