Across Europe, the reaction to Trump’s trip, and especially the NATO photo opp, was less than charitable. Scotland’s J.K. Rowling, the author of the “Harry Potter” books and a frequent Trump critic, posted a film clip of the Trump-Markovic incident on Twitter with her own scathing comment: “You tiny, tiny, tiny little man.”

German comedian Jan Boehmermann also turned to Twitter to compare Trump to a hungry man barging his way past others to get to the front of the line for an all-you-can-eat buffet.

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Germany’s bestselling Bild daily wrote: “Rowdy behavior and bluster — Trump’s first visit to NATO causes consternation among observers and NATO leaders alike.”

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“President Trump is just not capable of leading the Western alliance,” said Norbert Roettgen, a senior leader in parliament for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party, told Der Spiegel. “He is not at all interested in that at the moment. The situation is far more grave as even those who are most surprised by all this could imagine.”