Trump’s awkward handshakes
President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House on April 27, 2018, in Washington.
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President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C.
(Ludovic Marin / AFP/Getty Images)President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron had many handshakes during a state visit in Washington, D.C., on April 23 and 24, 2018. Firm handshakes, warm embraces, kisses, even a bit of grooming.
(AFP/Getty Images)President Donald Trump shakes hands with Neil Gorsuch, then a federal judge serving on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, as Gorsuch’s wife Marie Louise Gorsuch looks on, after Trump announced Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court on Jan. 31, 2017.
(Michael Reynolds / EPA)President Donald Trump, center, reacts as he does the “ASEAN-way handshake” with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, left, and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the ASEAN Summit on Nov. 13, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. Trump initially did the handshake incorrectly.
(Andrew Harnik / AP)President Donald Trump shakes hands with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani during a bilateral meeting at a hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh on May 21, 2017.
(Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images)President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House on March 17, 2017. This exchange was notable because Trump seemed to ignore Merkel’s handshake request.
(Evan Vucci / AP)President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.
(Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images)President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during dinner at the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017.
(Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images)Then-President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands during a transition planning meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Nov. 10, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
(Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images)Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center at Iowa State University on Jan. 19, 2016, in Ames, Iowa. Trump received Palin’s endorsement at the event.
(Aaron P. Bernstein / Getty Images)Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as moderator Lester Holt looks on during the a debate at Hofstra University on Sept. 26, 2016, in Hempstead, New York.
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