

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Moscow amid mounting tensions over Ukraine. The two sat at separate ends of a long oval table which is seen as a symbol of the standoff between the two leaders pic.twitter.com/jK5wH3fxqf
— TRT World (@trtworld) February 8, 2022
Will Putin and Macron do face painting after? #Ukraine #pointless #lipservice pic.twitter.com/hi9agrWzmZ
— Tarquin (@Tarquin_Helmet) February 7, 2022
Mac: "I think you have my coffee”
— Stephen Hunter (@StephenJHunter1) February 7, 2022
Put: " What?”
Mac: "YOU HAVE MY..
Put: "You need to speak up!"
Mac: "Forget it! Let's Talk about Ukrai..
Put: "you're mumbling"
Mac: "for gods sake GET A SMALLER TABLE"
Put: “CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
Mac: "such a child..."
Put "BWA HAHAA!"#putin #macron pic.twitter.com/UGbSif2pgq
Did someone in the Kremlin press office decide on the desired headline (polls apart, yawning chasm, wide gap etc) and then found a table to fit? #Putin
— Jon Sopel (@BBCJonSopel) February 7, 2022
@EmmanuelMacron pic.twitter.com/FroFb0HS8r
It’s almost as if Putin’s table is compensating for something… pic.twitter.com/OjMiMXBEGY
— Jens Tholstrup (@TholstrupJens) February 8, 2022
Macron: We need to talk about Ukraine
— Jimmy Goodson (@JG41187) February 7, 2022
Putin: What?
Macron: I want to discuss Ukraine.
Putin : What?
Macron: I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT UKRAINE!!!
Putin: Oh! You do not like Chow Mein! Don't worry we are having steak for dinner. pic.twitter.com/JOdg90PSqo
This table that Macron and Putin sat at in Moscow today is comically large. pic.twitter.com/pR4yce9u7j
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) February 7, 2022
Now that Merkel is retired someone should release a hot mic of her laughing at Putin's Very Big Table.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 7, 2022
Putin's table is like twice as long as Charles Foster Kane's. Impressive. pic.twitter.com/a6O38tyJ8E
— A.J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs) February 7, 2022
— Credo MacKenzie (@CredoMacKenzie) February 8, 2022
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) February 7, 2022
— cyberswede (@cyberswede) February 8, 2022
Here you go! pic.twitter.com/02qV8N8boL
— Music, Beats, Battlestar Galactica (@thethrillsband) February 8, 2022
— Paul Leigh (@Pleightx) February 7, 2022
Mr #Putin, #Macron is coming... What table do we use for the meeting?
— Fernando Cassia 💚🧡💉💉 (@fcassia) February 8, 2022
The friends table, or the adversaries table?
-Neither, bring the mother- in-law Table!
-da ser
cc/@lproven pic.twitter.com/icd9LH12cv
Putin-Macron meeting pic.twitter.com/PfHaWyJ3g5
— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) February 7, 2022
The photo of Putin meeting Macron today was some picture. A table the size of an aircraft carrier deck. Why? pic.twitter.com/sNHLYT4wVv
— Colin Brazier (@colinbrazierGBN) February 7, 2022
Putin is trolling with this table, right? pic.twitter.com/aIwRa8YIPt
— Paul Massaro (@apmassaro3) February 7, 2022
The extra-elongated table that Putin now uses to meet world leaders seems ripe for dark absurdist humor, such as Macron's crucial diplomatic messages having to be shouted at comical volumes pic.twitter.com/CqZW48G9bk
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 7, 2022
Putin: why so long this table? Macron: your poison darts can’t reach me pic.twitter.com/sD26IV6v1x
— Gabe Hudson (@gabehudson) February 8, 2022
— Superman (@SupermanTweets) February 8, 2022