Former European Council president Donald Tusk controversy when he posted a Twitter photo of him using his finger to "point the gun" at Trump's back.

Tusk, who served as Polish prime minister during 2007-2014, posted on Twitter on December 5 a picture of him using two fingers to simulate a gun pointed at the back of US President Donald Trump. "Despite all the volatility 'coming up again', our transatlantic friendship remains strong," the former president of the European Council (EC) wrote in the caption, with the hashtag #Trump and #NATO placed side by side. .

The "shocking" photo was taken at the G7 summit in Canada in June 2018 and uploaded by Tusk after the media published a video of NATO leaders commenting on Trump on the sidelines of the NATO conference in the UK this week. before.

The photo of Mr. Tusk, who recently handed over the EC presidency to former Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on November 29, immediately faced criticism by many social network users. "You are so petty, ugly. This gesture shows the world that you are not brave enough to do it in the face of him," a Twitter user criticized.

Others cited a court of Pennsylvania, US court earlier this year that using "fingers simulating guns", "imitating shooting and gun-related actions" was intimidating and disturbing.

"I understand that the click may have been accidental, but the photo was posted at this point deliberately. It's good that the fate of the world lies in the hands of serious and responsible people," others comment.

A social network user in the US wondered if Tusk really threatened Trump. "I hope not," one person wrote, while others commented on the photo as "humiliation".

Tusk and Trump are often drawn into verbal wars because of different views. Last year, Tusk warned Trump to know who his friends are, prompting Trump to respond by criticizing that "NATO countries spend more, America less", referring to the "unfair" military spending of a number of allies in NATO.

At a reception on the sidelines of the NATO summit at Buckingham Palace on the evening of December 3, the camera recorded conversations of leaders from Britain, Canada, France and the Netherlands commenting on Trump.

In the video, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said that French President Macron was late because Trump was busy answering the media 40 minutes when the two leaders met bilaterally and said "his team was gasping in shock" when the boss The White House announces the organization of the next G7 conference at Camp David. In response to the video, Trump criticized Trudeau as "double-sided" and canceled the press conference planned ahead of the NATO conference.