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csziggy

(34,120 posts)
Fri May 26, 2017, 09:53 AM May 2017

Macron and Trump shake hands [View all]

French President Emmanuel Macron seems to have gotten the better of Dolt45's aggressive handshake ploy - TWICE!



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Trump and French President Macron get to know each other with a fierce handshake
By Philip Rucker May 25 at 9:22 AM

BRUSSELS — If relationships were defined by how two people shake hands, then the one between the newly elected presidents of the United States and France is going to be rather fierce.

As President Trump met French President Emmanuel Macron for the first time, welcoming him to lunch Thursday at the residence here of the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, the two men shook hands for six long seconds. Their knuckles turned white, their jaws clenched and their faces tightened. Trump reached in first, but then he tried to release, twice, but Macron kept his grip until letting go.

The meeting was on Trump's turf, but Macron, 31 years his counterpart's junior, signaled with his tight hold that the American was not the only alpha in the room.

More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/25/trump-and-french-president-macron-get-to-know-each-other-with-a-fierce-handshake/
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In this clip, Macron made Trump wait to be acknowledged, then when Trump performed his signature arm yank, Macron yanked right back, getting the better of Trump.

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