Last week, at the NATO Summit in the Netherlands, President Donald Trump appeared with Queen Maxima, the Dutch queen. After that meeting, the queen went viral thanks to, as the Daily Beast described it, “exaggerated mouth and lip movements immediately after Trump finished speaking while they posed for photos.”
Queen Maxima mimicking Trump’s mouth movements really got me pic.twitter.com/hCjVB9IIj0
— Polling USA (@USA_Polling) June 25, 2025
Now, however, the queen is denying that mockery was her intention during the appearance with the president.
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“I said ‘thank you’ to someone who had helped,” the queen told Dutch outlet AD. She added that it was “a pleasant experience” to meet the president during the summit.
“A split-second moment spotted by internet sleuths as Maxima stood beside Trump and her husband, King Willem-Alexander, shows her appearing to move her mouth like the president when he speaks as they made small talk,” was how the New York Post characterized the moment.
Queen Máxima has denied that her expressive face was meant as an unflattering imitation of Trump.https://t.co/aXzx7OwWn3
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 1, 2025
The facial expressions, meanwhile, had sparked speculation around the world about the queen’s intentions. Some viewed it as an epic clapback moment, while others took a darker view of the moment. One Fox News talking head, Raymond Arroyo, even declared on the air that “she better be careful. She could get a personalized bunker buster from Daddy Trump if she is not really careful.”
Arroyo: She’s clearly making fun of his mouth.. But she better be careful. She could get a personalized bunker buster from Daddy Trump if she is not really careful pic.twitter.com/wCvS87oVpZ
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 27, 2025
Other social media users had opinions on the international incident that wasn’t:
While we’re on the subject, someone please find me this jumpsuit because Queen Maxima and I are the same height and body type and I want to look this amazing too next time I’m out at an event full of men that are my lesser. pic.twitter.com/qcTmfxklLm
— Emma Scott (@EmmaScott) June 30, 2025
I asked an AI to look at that picture and estimate the heights of the people to the left and right of the 6′ person in the middle. It said man was 5’10.5-5’11. The woman is 5’9″-5’10”.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall (178 cm).
The AI got… pic.twitter.com/rNx5vymK1X— lobachevsky (@vladlobachevsk2) June 25, 2025
This is Maxima. The beautiful, smart, feisty and wildly popular Queen of the Netherlands who’s been getting some media attention and MAGA hate for mocking Trump while at The Hague. I couldn’t love her more. 😃❤️👑 pic.twitter.com/AnUfeQ8lYq
— I’m Just Shawn 🤷🏼 (@justshawninla) June 29, 2025
Photo courtesy of an X screenshot.
