First, the internet had a field day when the Trumps and the Macrons had a photo shoot in the gardens of the Mount Vernon mansion.
Worst ABBA cover band ever pic.twitter.com/TtpMoEXQHj
— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) April 24, 2018
This photo looks like a promotional still for a movie called 'mon frère adoptif est un idiot' where two brothers who have never met go to their mother's funeral and everything goes horribly wrong. pic.twitter.com/GIdb2JA2xr
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) April 24, 2018
… and one Twitter user made the poster for the “film” suggested above…
Here you go, @TechnicallyRon, sorry, 'Techniquement Ron'! pic.twitter.com/SMG93RNznX
— DMac™ (@1nclusionRider) April 24, 2018
And when they planted an oak tree, a gift from Macron, the internet didn't hold back either.
not a fan of the new Wes Anderson movie pic.twitter.com/yFTTrxev6Q
— Ilya Lozovsky (@ichbinilya) April 24, 2018
Previously in Desperate housewives pic.twitter.com/Oc8i0PsvNw
— Antoine-K Mokrane (@AntoineMokrane) April 24, 2018
There were also a fair few tweets commenting on Macron's unusual hand gestures during this photo shoot:
#QAnon
WTF?
Macron flashes devils horns behind Trump…
Is he a Satanist? pic.twitter.com/p43Qs9Nl7q— Steve Svensson (@stompk) April 24, 2018
And let's not forget Dandruff-Gate, when Trump wiped some apparent dandruff from Macron's shoulder.
“When the aging gorilla is confronted with the much more virile, new alpha-male, he shows submissiveness by grooming the alpha-male, but the gesture is actually a vain attempt by the old gorilla to humiliate his much younger rival.”
— Jane Goodall
pic.twitter.com/fx85I1KwVy— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) April 24, 2018
Meanwhile, people were playing close attention to the affection between Macron and and his wife….
Visual juxtaposition. pic.twitter.com/0qnAObBc7z
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 24, 2018
And comparing it to the relationship between Trump and his wife
She REALLY didn’t want to hold his hand… pic.twitter.com/CWUeDlN6RE
— UnsilentMajority ? (@The_UnSilent_) April 24, 2018
But this was nothing compared to the attention to what people are calling Le Bromance, or, the relationship between Macron and Trump.
I don’t know how I feel about the Trump/Macron bromance honestly pic.twitter.com/lN0pLy5Utj
— amanda (@a__pet) April 24, 2018
Macron and Trump touched more in one day than we’ve seen Melania and Trump touch in 2 years. pic.twitter.com/yotcosYCAk
— Randy Prine #NeverAgain (@randyprine) April 25, 2018
Donald Trump is getting a lot more love from Emmanuel Macron than Melania. #9News https://t.co/nz1cgUwXrA pic.twitter.com/ifsQKmigDD
— Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) April 25, 2018
That “photo shoot in the gardens of the White House” is actually miles away, on the grounds of George Washington’s Mount Vernon.