Moment Dutch Queen appears to mock Donald Trump caught on camera
President Donald Trump's photo op with Dutch royals took something of a strange turn during a NATO summit in The Hague this week. While cameras flashed and rolled, Queen Máxima was seemingly caught mocking the way that the US president speaks. The moment, now circulating widely online, occurred shortly after Trump arrived at the event and posed with the king and queen of the Netherlands outside the Huis ten Bosch Palace (Picture: Polling USA) Trump stood between King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, flashing a thumbs up and announcing to everyone, 'That's the picture we want!' The King kept things formal, responding, 'I hope you slept well.' Trump answered with a grin, 'It was great,' and offered up his thanks (Picture: Getty) As the exchange ended, Queen Máxima was seen turning toward the cameras - but not before appearing to mimic President Trump's mouth movements. That subtle moment has sparked online speculation that the queen was rather sardonically parodying the visiting US leader (Picture: PPE/SIPA/Shutterstock) Clips of the moment quickly spread across social media, where users chimed in with their takes on what they'd seen. 'This is hilarious! I've never been a fan of our stiff monarchy, but Queen Maxima rocks it! Treat him like a baby,' one Dutch user wrote on X (Picture: Polling USA) Others weighed in too, including media figures. CNN News 18 deputy editor Vani Mehrotra posted: 'Did she really do that? Queen Maxima of the Netherlands is believed to be mocking US President Donald Trump, per this video and social media comments' (Picture: PPE/SIPA/Shutterstock) The incident comes as Trump re-enters the global political arena, raising questions about how foreign leaders are reacting to his presence, as well as issues including the introduction of tariffs and the bombing of three key nuclear sites in Iran (Picture: Shutterstock) It's not the first time Trump has been at the center of a rather awkward NATO moment. Back in 2019, world leaders including Boris Johnson, Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron were caught on camera appearing to joke about Trump's long press briefings during a London summit (Picture: NATO TV/AFP via Getty Images) At this week's summit in The Hague, NATO members signed off on a major pledge to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP over the next decade - a shift that could reshape the alliance's future priorities. That figure of 5% was one suggested quite forcefully by President Trump (Picture: Haiyun Jiang-Pool/Getty Images)
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