Putin's Love For His New Puppy Is This Fall's Best Meme

Lee Moran
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Photographs of Vladimir Putin cuddling and kissing his cute new puppy sent internet users into overdrive.

The Russian president received the adorable alabai dog as a belated 65th birthday gift from his Turkmenistan counterpart, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

It didn’t take long for people to reimagine the encounter in all kinds of amusing ways, including reworking the snaps to mock President Donald Trump. Check out the most amusing responses below:

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Putin hugs a Bulgarian shepherd dog -- a gift from Bulgarian Prime Minister -- after a press conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Nov. 13, 2010. He would later name the dog Buffy.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (back) and Putin -- and a dog -- play badminton in Sochi, Russia, on Aug. 14, 2009.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (back) and Putin -- and a dog -- play badminton in Sochi, Russia, on Aug. 14, 2009.
Putin talks to a dog in the village of Verkhniye Mondrogi in Karelia, Russia, on Aug. 18, 2001.
Putin talks to a dog in the village of Verkhniye Mondrogi in Karelia, Russia, on Aug. 18, 2001.
Putin awkwardly sits and smiles as photographers try to take photos of his dog Koni at the president's residence in Sochi, Russia, on Aug. 18, 2005.
Putin awkwardly sits and smiles as photographers try to take photos of his dog Koni at the president's residence in Sochi, Russia, on Aug. 18, 2005.
Putin cuddles a Hungarian Puli dog as the dog's owners, then-Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and his wife Klara Dobrev, look on, in Budapest, Hungary, on March 1, 2006.
Putin cuddles a Hungarian Puli dog as the dog's owners, then-Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and his wife Klara Dobrev, look on, in Budapest, Hungary, on March 1, 2006.
Putin gets an unexpected visited from his dog, Koni, during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 21, 2007.
Putin gets an unexpected visited from his dog, Koni, during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 21, 2007.
Former U.S. President George Bush watches Putin play with his dog at the Bush family house in Kennebunkport, Maine, on July 1, 2007.
Former U.S. President George Bush watches Putin play with his dog at the Bush family house in Kennebunkport, Maine, on July 1, 2007.
Putin, Medvedev, and a dog drive around in an electric buggy at the presidential residence in Sochi, Russia, onon Aug. 14, 2009.
Putin, Medvedev, and a dog drive around in an electric buggy at the presidential residence in Sochi, Russia, onon Aug. 14, 2009.
A soldier's dog leaps up to greet Putin during his visit to a Ministry of Internal Affairs division in Balashiha, Russia, on July 22, 2011.
A soldier's dog leaps up to greet Putin during his visit to a Ministry of Internal Affairs division in Balashiha, Russia, on July 22, 2011.
Putin pets his dog Koni before a meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, on March 3, 2004.
Putin pets his dog Koni before a meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, on March 3, 2004.
Putin and his pet labrador Koni attend a meeting at an undisclosed location in Russia on July 27, 2010.
Putin and his pet labrador Koni attend a meeting at an undisclosed location in Russia on July 27, 2010.

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