It was a photo that was supposed to show the futility of European leaders coming to the White House to present a united front against President Donald Trump and coming away looking like buffoonish schoolchildren.

And perhaps they did, in the long run — but the picture, as are so many on social media these days, was a fake.

The photo, which went viral on X, purports to show a group of European heads of state lined up outside the principal’s office, with France’s Emmanuel Macron in the foreground.

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