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Macron’s Handshake With Donald Trump Was A Game Of One-upmanship

BY June 11, 2018


Donald Trump has been sensitive about his hands ever since they were deemed “tiny” by hundreds of thousands of Twitter users. Oddly, Trump’s hands have been under a national spotlight on more than one occasion. Take for example last July when the 45th POTUS locked hands with French President Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron for a full 29 seconds during a Bastille Day celebration.

The pair attended the G7 summit in La Malbaie, Quebec last week and once again their handshake become an odd focal point for a brief second.

This time around, Macron was prepared for Trump’s long embrace and served up a little bit of his own style of ferocity. The handshake lasted less than 10 seconds but Mr. Macron clearly put the squeeze on the 71-year-old billionaire.

As Macron tightly gripped Trump’s hand he gave a wink to the camera during the course of the handshake. Pulling his hand away, it was immediately clear he left a white mark on the President’s hand. Mr. Macron then jokingly raised his fists in a boxing stance.

The grip is a very different viewpoint of both men’s relationship with each other. Macron and Trump have been described over the last 18 months of having something like a “bromance.”

Despite what was obviously a very fierce attempt at dominance, Trump quickly quipped that they two men, “… have a very really good relationship, very special.”

Here’s the event as it unfolded courtesy of Anna Massoglia of  .

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