--- title: Obama and Trudeau Inspire Memes With 2017 Photos description: Former President Barack Obama and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's dinner meeting has inspired some hilarious memes. canonical: https://time.com/4808883/obama-trudeau-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-07T15:48:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:14.914Z og:title: Obama and Trudeau Had Dinner So It's an Internet Sensation og:description: There was also a hug so the internet is swooning og:url: https://time.com/4808883/obama-trudeau-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5909d580c35ed80f/6988d0924ee2624e4230d9fd/gettyimages-543704098.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4105 og:image:height: 2309 og:image:alt: CANADA-US-MEXICO-DIPLOMACY-SUMMIT og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama and Trudeau Had Dinner So It's an Internet Sensation twitter:description: There was also a hug so the internet is swooning twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5909d580c35ed80f/6988d0924ee2624e4230d9fd/gettyimages-543704098.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Swooning Over Obama and Justin Trudeau's Casual Dinner Engagement Photos > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 7, 2017 3:48 PM UTC  Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau (L) and US President Barack Obama exit the Hall of Honour on Parliament Hill following the North American Leaders Summit in Ottawa, June 28, 2016\. / AFP / Chris Roussakis (Photo credit should read CHRIS ROUSSAKIS/AFP/Getty Images) Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau (L) and US President Barack Obama exit the Hall of Honour on Parliament Hill following the North American Leaders Summit in Ottawa, June 28, 2016\. / AFP / Chris Roussakis (Photo credit should read CHRIS ROUSSAKIS/AFP/Getty Images) CHRIS ROUSSAKIS—AFP/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 7, 2017 3:48 PM UTC Former [President Obama](http://time.com/4808664/barack-obama-canada-montreal-populism/) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dined together in Montreal Tuesday night, and the photos have lit up the internet. It was Obama’s first [post-presidency visit](http://time.com/4792761/barack-obama-vacation-list/) to Canada. According to the Obama Foundation Twitter account, they met to discuss “their shared commitment to developing the next generation of leaders.” Trudeau shared a similar photo, captioned: “How do we get young leaders to take action in their communities? Thanks @BarackObama for your visit & insights tonight in my hometown.” Earlier on Tuesday Obama spoke in front of an audience of 6,000 at the Montreal Chamber of Commerce where he criticized the current administration’s actions on both climate change and diplomacy. “Obviously I’m disappointed with the current American administration’s decision to pull out of Paris,” Obama[ said during his speech](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/obama-canada-warns-against-isolationism-populist-alternatives-n769036). His remarks came a week after Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris agreement, arguing that the climate accord has hurt American businesses to the benefit of other countries. Obama used Tuesday’s speech to say that clean energy jobs were booming. He also also cited history to caution against the rise of [populist and authoritarian leadership](http://time.com/4808664/barack-obama-canada-montreal-populism/). But then came his dinner with the young Trudeau at the Liverpool House restaurant in St. Henri. No matter how serious the discussion between the two leaders was, it didn’t stop the internet from creating memes about the pictures. What do you get when you supply Twitter with Trudeau plus Obama at a dinner table minus their neckties? A jumbo meme opportunity, of course. There was a candle. > [](https://twitter.com/ObamaFoundation/status/872289650546790400) > [](https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/872263834559549440) There was a hug. > [](https://twitter.com/Thunda%5Fmunk/status/872390409162457088) > [](https://twitter.com/manic%5Fintent/status/872424985259720704) > [](https://twitter.com/jchaltiwanger/status/872444991129485312) > [](https://twitter.com/yashar/status/872277600915279872) > [](https://twitter.com/owillis/status/872249022853120000) The internet fan fiction machine was churning away as Twitter got imaginative. > [](https://twitter.com/Wolfrum/status/872268848099151872) > [](https://twitter.com/owillis/status/872262276618870784) But what about former Vice President Joe Biden, one user wondered. > [](https://twitter.com/MaggieJordanACN/status/872278398768492546) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4808883/obama-trudeau-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4808883/obama-trudeau-memes/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Swooning Over Obama and Justin Trudeau's Casual Dinner Engagement Photos","datePublished":"2017-06-07T15:48:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:14.914Z","description":"Former President Barack Obama and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's dinner meeting has inspired some hilarious memes.","url":"https://time.com/4808883/obama-trudeau-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Barack Obama","viral","memes","Justin Trudeau"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5909d580c35ed80f/6988d0924ee2624e4230d9fd/gettyimages-543704098.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5909d580c35ed80f/6988d0924ee2624e4230d9fd/gettyimages-543704098.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CANADA-US-MEXICO-DIPLOMACY-SUMMIT","caption":"CANADA-US-MEXICO-DIPLOMACY-SUMMIT","creditText":"CHRIS ROUSSAKIS—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4808883/obama-trudeau-memes/","name":"The Internet Is Swooning Over Obama and Justin Trudeau's Casual Dinner Engagement Photos"}}]}] ```