The hills are alive ... with the sound of Obama and Merkel's pow-wow

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President Barack Obama took some time out during the G7 Summit on Monday for a chat with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Merkel reportedly treated Obama to a traditional Bavarian breakfast that included German specialities like Weisswurst and pretzels in the village of Kruen, where the summit took place.

With Bavaria as their backdrop, Obama sat (dare we say...manspreaded) on a massive bench while Merkel gesticulated. It left us, with a little bit of FOMO, wondering what they were discussing.

Was it The Sound of Music?

The hills are alive with the sound of music pic.twitter.com/Z8MAd1ECOP— Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 8, 2015


A remake that isn't all that exciting...

This Sound of Music re-make does not look promising pic.twitter.com/a01xnLYe1A— James Doleman (@jamesdoleman) June 7, 2015


...and really annoys Obama.

"THE" "stop it" "HILLS" "merkel for the sake of fuck" "ARE ALIVE" "someone get me a drone" pic.twitter.com/w1H6FRcg79— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) June 8, 2015

#AngelaMerkel looks like she’s about to burst into song as world leaders celebrate G7 deal http://t.co/8iFuWIQ2FU pic.twitter.com/1GrxZJd4hW”— Mario Efthymiopoulos (@EfthymiopoulosM) June 8, 2015


A lesson in geography?

That Merkel-Obama strategy brainstorm in full. #G7Summit pic.twitter.com/HntaSuFiKJ— Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) June 8, 2015


Maybe she was just practicing the shruggie.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/XmWgZt1yAh— Adam Serwer (@AdamSerwer) June 8, 2015


Or they could have been pow-woing about the Apple Watch.

And the damn thing doesn't even have native apps yet! pic.twitter.com/h6nor7it0j— Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) June 8, 2015


Perhaps lesson in Christianity.

"And zen he vent like zis & all ze dead people came back to life." pic.twitter.com/c76A7fLFwe— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 8, 2015


Or R. Kelly?

"I belieeeeeeeve I can fly..." German leader confesses to R. Kelly fandom while performing her fave track for @POTUS pic.twitter.com/acqpV7xC8N— Steph Hegarty (@stephhegarty) June 8, 2015


Some realtalk about their relationship.

This could be us but you playing pic.twitter.com/GvRIFlGHj7— Ahmed Al Omran (@ahmed) June 8, 2015


Really, the possibilities are endless.

Merkelsplaining pic.twitter.com/y0WQtoy7ft— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) June 8, 2015

"And then Greece asked for a bailout THIS BIG" https://t.co/eLPskDjc9s— Heidi N Moore (@moorehn) June 8, 2015

BREAKING: German chancellor Angela Merkel angrily shouts "Come at me, Bro!" during private talks with President Obama pic.twitter.com/DpDWPVJTFj— Rudolf E. Havenstein (@RudyHavenstein) June 8, 2015

“Seriously, don’t spy on me anymore. I thought we were bros.” https://t.co/fUSVmP8IVC— Seth Fiegerman (@sfiegerman) June 8, 2015

They're either talking about Putin or how long that bench is. It's a toss up. pic.twitter.com/fIml7mBq7j— Amanda Wills (@AmandaWills) June 8, 2015

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