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Twitter is losing it over this trending picture of Melania Trump and Justin Trudeau

Same Melania, same.
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Justin Trudeau is quite possibly the dreamiest world leader right now.

With his movie star looks, progressive views and sweet family, it’s hard not to develop a slight crush on the Canadian prime minister.

And it appears even Melania Trump isn’t immune to his charms.

Over the weekend, world leaders assembled in France for the annual G7 summit including US president Donald Trump, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and our very own Scott Morrison.

But it was a moment captured during the group photo, that also featured the partners and spouses of the world leaders that attracted a lot of attention.

In the photo, US First Lady Melania Trump leans in to greet Trudeau with her eyes closed in a look that looks like a still straight out of a romantic movie. Meanwhile her husband, who is standing next to her, appears crestfallen.

Needless to say, the Internet took it in its stride.

https://twitter.com/mockingseagulls/status/1165857344976084992

The hashtags #MelaniaLovesTrudeau and #MelaniaLovesJustin have even gone viral on Twitter, after the photo circulated its way on social media, so we’re just waiting for the memes to start rolling in.

While many joked that the snapshot poked fun at the US president, others focused on bystanders Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron, the president and First Lady of France, respectively.

“Has anyone noticed the look on Bridgette Macron’s face as she notices the look Melania gives Trudeau #MelaniaLovesJustin,” one person tweeted.

Others remarked that Melania isn’t the only Trump woman to have set her sights on the handsome Canadian.

In 2017, a similar photo of Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump gazing at Justin Trudeau went viral during his visit to the White House for a roundtable discussion on women entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Speculation about the President and First Lady’s rocky marriage have been rife ever since his campaign kicked off in 2016. The hashtag #FreeMelania even became a trending topic at his presidential inauguration after her sad expression was captured on film.

But despite moments of tension though, Melania has supported her husband through his sea of scandals calling him “supportive” and “a gentleman.”

“People, they don’t really know me,” she told US journalist Anderson Cooper in October 2016. “People think and talk about me like, ‘Oh, poor Melania.’ Don’t feel sorry for me. I can handle everything.”

Speaking to MSNBC’s Morning Joe in February 2016, Melania also said, “We have a great relationship. We are own people. I’m my own person. He’s his own person. And I think that’s very important. I don’t want to change him. He doesn’t want to change me.”

WATCH: Melania Trump says her husband is a gentleman. Post continues after video…

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This isn’t the first Trump themed hashtag to take off this year by any means.

At the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan in July this year, the hashtag #UnwantedIvanka took off after a clip emerged of the First Daughter attempting to join a conversation with France’s Macron, International Monetary Fund director Christine Lagarde,British Prime Minister Theresa May and the man of the hour, Justin Trudeau.

Twitter users proceeded to photoshop Ivanka into significant moments from history, ranging from the Yalta peace conference alongside Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, to an iconic scene from Mean Girls.

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