Correct, this was from a brief phase where Trump was trying on bipartisanship, and Schumer was trying to connect with him as a fellow New Yorker. I remember the talk at the time was Trump might go the way of Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was CA governor, tacking to the center and trying to become bipartisan to improve his approval ratings and mitigate midterm losses and ultimately set him up better for reelection. Obviously, it didn't work out like that, but there was a brief time where bipartisanship was on the table.

[–] chickentendrils@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago

Ahah, that's relevant. Though the only difference this time will probably be Schumer having less facetime because the Democrats having vastly less power in Congress/the Senate. Nobody in the room is making any decision that would meaningfully worsen their conditions or those of anyone whose conditions they care about.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

It needs a big club. Right upside the heads

[–] UsernameHere@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

[–] JayDee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd like the context of photo please. I am not history-learned. Only spark-notes-of-history-acquainted.

[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not sure of the origin of the photo but it's been around for some years now as a meme showing how media can be manipulative.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ah I understand now. I filtered out the two photos on the side, figuring they were just an aesthetic choice.

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago

Always has been

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago

And you're not invited

[–] SupahRevs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Remember this meeting? https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/11/trump-pelosi-schumer-meeting-oval-1056862

[–] tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

who are these?

[–] sourquincelog@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

President elect Trump and Senate minority leader schumer, notable for being from parties that claim the other is the enemy

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Senate professional loser Chuck Shumer

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

Club members

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader
Donald Trump (R-MAGAstan), former and future president
Not sure about baldy

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Man, Armagastan is such an accurate name for what America is these days.

It even eludes towards Armageddon, it's perfect.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

alludes

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Baldy looks like it might be General John Kelly... Even though most pictures of him have some hair.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Picture looks adversarial af. Caption: They're all friends.

Yeah, okay.

[–] chickentendrils@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Trump's embracing Schumer here, I'd rate this 0% adversarial because I'm a sicko who's seen their body language/interactions which were well documented during the first Trump admin.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

during the first Trump admin.

Picture is from 2017

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Schumer has got a scolding finger up in the way of the attempted nonconsensual embrace.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I'm sure a certain narrative will be curated here.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Being cordial at work: ITS A CONSPIRACY

[–] Sagittarii@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

This is just your average liberal "democracy" where both the ruling parties work for their corporate backers. What seems like a "conspiracy" here?

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

You didn't even try with that one. You ok, kiddo?

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Website doesn't exist or something.