'Asim Munir At White House' Memes Break The Internet As Trump Hosts Him For Lunch
The internet seemed to think Bollywood masala was the best way to interpret the significant meeting between US President Donald Trump and Pakistani Field Marshall Asim Munir
It may be a sign that US President Donald Trump is seeking to bring an end to the ongoing crisis between Israel and Iran, but internet users had a rather different take on his lunch invitation to Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir.
The most serious issues take on a life of their own on the internet, but that does not mean they are without context and interpretation. The internet seemed to think some Bollywood masala would be the best way to interpret the meeting between Trump and Field Marshall Asim Munir.
'Cringe' (what the internet calls it these days) was the flavour of this interpretation of the closed-door lunch meeting, with memes depicting scenes from Anil Kapoor and Amrish Puri starrer Rishtey (2002) to Sadashiv Amrapurkar's popular scene from Ishq (1997), which said: 'Donald Trump after meeting Asim Munir."
Donald Trump with Asim Munir in White House pic.twitter.com/MWoj4Vg9xm — Jo Kar (@i_am_gustakh) June 18, 2025
Others, too, were not as subtle with captions like 'Donald Trump and Asim Munir's exclusive video from the White House" or 'Donald Trump with Asim Munir in White House".
Asim Munir in White House pic.twitter.com/ANa5C2yGeT — Moana (@ladynationalist) June 18, 2025
On Tuesday (June 17), the White House confirmed a meeting between Trump and Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir for a closed-door meeting on Wednesday.
The last Pakistani military leader to meet a sitting US President was General Pervez Musharraf in 2001, who did so as the nation's head of state during his tenure as a military dictator.
The Trump-Munir meeting came as reports speculated on the possibility of Pakistan aiding Iran during its ongoing conflict with Israel. Asim Munir, in a public address in Washington, DC, had declared Pakistan's 'clear and strong" support for Iran in its war with Israel while also backing US efforts to de-escalate the situation.
The Dawn reported that one of the most consequential developments during Munir's visit, however, has been Pakistan's strengthened counterterrorism partnership with the US, particularly against the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) group.
Earlier, overseas Pakistanis protested against Field Marshal Asim Munir outside an event at a hotel in Washington, DC. People shouted slogans 'Pakistanio ke Qatil" and 'Islamabad ke Qatil", 'Mass Murderer Asim Munir", 'Democracy dies when guns speak", 'Asim Munir, your time is up. Pakistan will rise" while he was being welcomed at the event.
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