Gretchen Whitmer, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, was ribbed online for seeming to hide her face during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Whitmer was seen temporarily shielding her face from cameras in the Oval Office by holding up a folder,

After delivering a speech Monday at the Detroit Economic Club, James Jacob, the CEO of Ajax, sat down with Whitmer for a Q&A and immediately asked her about her time in nation’s capital. She jokingly held a folder in front of her face, recreating the now-viral photo of her doing the same in the Oval Office.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who drew criticism for meeting with President Donald Trump earlier this week, is being accused of hiding from cameras during the visit, after a photo showing her covering her face with folders in the Oval Office has garnered millions of views on social media.