Obama and Putin's icy death stare gets a presidential Photoshop battle
Never change, internet.
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United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared a tense moment at the G-20 summit in China on Monday. Cameras snapped the two locking eyes in what appears to be an intense starring contest.
While it's reported that the two spoke after the uncomfortable stare, the photo became an instant conversation given the tense relationship between the two countries recently.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with his US counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou on September 5, 2016.
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Although both Obama and Putin are regular stars on Reddit's Photoshop Battles, the internet simply couldn't pass up the opportunity to transform this death stare into a collection of silly new memes.
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Turning Putin around gave the photo a very different feel.
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As did the addition of an umbrella.
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Someone slipped another powerful leader into the background.
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The two were transformed into boxing stars.
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Which then received its own fight night promotional poster.
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Some noticed that Putin looked pretty short when stacked next to Obama, so they made him even shorter.
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Naturally, things got weird.
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Real weird.
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And of course there was a solid Harry Potter reference.
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Bonus: Corgi butts in slow motion
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