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southpaw @nycsouthpaw 29m29 minutes agoTrump badly loses a handshake battle with the French president.


Gary He @garyhe
Macron's handshake looks intense
twitter.com/garyhe/status/867710859224788993
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Demit
(11,238 posts)MedusaX
(1,129 posts)Out ... he can't even begin to grip Macron's hand!!!!!
Tommy_Carcetti
(44,585 posts)flamingdem
(40,980 posts)Macron looks smart, he knows he's got the winning hand.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)sad
dalton99a
(95,252 posts)gristy
(10,733 posts)Last edited Thu May 25, 2017, 10:55 AM - Edit history (1)
They were both well wrapped up until then.
StarryNite
(12,167 posts)kinda like a stare down, the one who looks away first is the "loser".
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)He should get some Depends, because the gig is up on his weird handshakes. No one is falling for it anymore. Treadeau's block game is still the best. He's an ex-boxer, so that probably helps.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2017/feb/14/donald-trumps-strange-handshake-style-and-how-justin-trudeau-beat-it-video-explainer
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)caballojm
(286 posts)"I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"
IronLionZion
(51,550 posts)It's interesting that neither of them had held elected political office before their presidential runs.
Peachhead22
(1,083 posts)...he was expecting Macron to kiss his hand and got an awkward handshake instead.
Solly Mack
(97,265 posts)
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