It is clear that Trump is looking at Macron, and Merkel is looking at Trump. But to me, it is the body posture that is telling. It suggests an adult stance towards petulant, juvenile defiance.
In this case, as in much of photojournalism, context is needed. Of course, context, like history is interpretive. Which is what the Euro-Merkel camp is doing. Still, when the President of the United States becomes accommodating towards authoritarian regimes, but belligerent towards allies, things get weird.
Strange bedfellows and all that. Truth is, ...