Journalists and the public luxuriate in considering the alternatives to the leaders’ assertion they were talking about Iran
So what were they talking about? An strange photo of the German and French leaders,Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, apparently covering their mouths while deep in conversation with a concerned-looking Theresa May has sparked all manner of theories.
For some, and the picture recalled a conspiratorial huddle of football players trying to conceal from the opposing team their options for a shot on goal. “May,Merkel and Macron going for the old shroud-the-free-kick-plan-from-the-lipreader trick,” tweeted the Agence France-Presse reporter Danny Kemp. May Merkel and Macron going for the old shroud-the-free-kick-plan-from-the-lipreader trick pic.twitter.com/T4V3zGDR2nMerkel, or May and Macron were talking about the Iran agreement,when they walked into the summit looking friendly.
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Source: theguardian.com