Painfully awkward photo shows Mueller and Trump Jr. waiting at the same airport gate
Politico caught Donald Trump Jr. and Robert Mueller very awkwardly hanging out at the same airport gate in Washington D.C. on Friday.
In the photo, Don Jr. — or as he likes to call himself in his gym selfies, Donald Pump — leans against the back wall talking on the phone. Despite his camouflage hat, he fails to blend into the airport's stark gray wall because he's wearing an unreasonably bright teal shirt. He's doing what we've all done before when we run into someone we really don't want to make small talk with: chilling on his phone.
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Robert Mueller, meanwhile, very pointedly stares at the newspaper in his hands. If he just looked up and behind him he would make eye contact with the son of the man he's leading an investigation against.
The awkwardness in that airport is so tense, you can feel it through the photo.
In case you have any doubts, Politico's Jake Sherman confirmed that the man in the offensively vibrant shirt is indeed Donald Trump Jr. According to CNN, special counsel spokesman Peter Carr confirmed that it is Mueller waiting at the gate.
For the clowns saying that it was not Donald Trump Jr., here he is on the flight from dca to hpn (westchester county) w secret service agent. pic.twitter.com/GGZciqrrTG
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) July 27, 2018
People couldn't help but joke about the tension at that airport gate.
Avoiding an ex in a confined space like: pic.twitter.com/J038MTYYcw
— Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) July 27, 2018
AWKWARRRRRRD.
Robert Mueller and Don Jr spotted at the DC airport feet from each other, per 📷 @Politico. pic.twitter.com/w7cUQyjtxM— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBCNN) July 27, 2018
I also kinda hope Mueller asks his flight attendant to bring Jr. a special snack, with a little note that says “do you want to discuss cover up for the Trump Tower meeting, or do you only do that on board Airforce One?”
— Wendy Wasserman Schultz (@dvorakoelling) July 27, 2018
The next time you feel uncomfortable running into your ex at a party, remember that Trump Jr. and Robert Mueller were waiting at the same gate for the same flight today. pic.twitter.com/7cz8hpx0ra
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) July 27, 2018
Mueller is closing in on Trump Jr. Literally. pic.twitter.com/JScPYcFlDT
— Eric Paine (@ericpaine) July 27, 2018
NARRATOR: "Mr. Mueller and Donald Trump Jr. would meet again... and much sooner than the latter anticipated." https://t.co/debYQlJKmt
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 27, 2018
Yikes.
Politico snapped the photo just one day after Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, claimed that he'd tell Mueller that the president, during the campaign, knew about a sketchy 2016 meeting between Trump Jr. and Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton.
"If it's accurate that the other person in the photo was Donald Trump Jr.," Carr said, "Mr. Mueller was not aware of him and had no interaction with him."
Mueller's probably better off that way.
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