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From the glowing orb to NATO shove, viral highlights of President Trump's foreign trip

Jessica Estepa
USA TODAY

President Trump's first foreign trip in office concludes this weekend, and his interactions with foreign leaders have been, well, notable to say the least.

1. The Orb

President Trump, along with Egypt's Abdel al-Sisi and Saudi Arabia's Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, placed his hands on an orb during the opening of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology.

And with that, a meme was born.

2. Netanyahu's face

During a photo spray with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump declared that he "never mentioned the word 'Israel,'" referring to a meeting he had with Russian officials at the White House during which he reportedly disclosed classified information.

Yet Trump's denial seemed to implicitly confirm reports that Israel was the partner country that provided the intelligence.

Netanyahu's response: to glance at Trump in what appeared to be muffled surprise and press his lips together.

3. ... and Pope Francis's face

The president met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, and the two had a private conversation that Trump promised he would take to heart. Still, that didn't prevent social media users from noting Francis's reaction to Trump during a photo op.

4. Handshakes with Macron

Trump met France's newly-elected leader, Emmanuel Macron, in Brussels. They kicked off their new relationship with a very vigorous handshake:

...That was soon followed by a second, perhaps even more vigorous handshake;

5. And never forget the now-famous shove of the Montenegro prime minister

During a photo op of the world leaders in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Trump appeared to shove Montenegro's Dusko Markovic to get to the front of the group.