All The Awkward Encounters President Donald Trump Has Had With World Leaders
It’s just odd.
REUTERS/Axel Schmidt / Reuters
Donald Trump has had yet another interesting meet-and-greet with a foreign dignitary.
The president is currently in Poland on his way to the G-20 summit in Germany. He delivered an interesting speech where he sort of ish admitted he thought Russia meddled in the 2016 election.
But before heading off to the summit, the President and First Lady met with Poland’s President and First Lady.
Video shows Trump shaking hands with Polish President Andrzej Duda. However, when The Donald reaches over greet Duda’s wife, she blows past him and shakes Melania Trump’s hand first.
Watch Poland’s first lady reject President Trump’s first attempt at a handshake https://t.co/RAI375rF6F pic.twitter.com/ElY0UCamsC
— TIME (@TIME) July 6, 2017
This is not the first time Trump has had an awkward greeting.
During a joint statement with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister decided to give Trump a “bear hug.”
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs U.S. President Donald Trump as they give joint statements in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2017.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
There was the time German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked Trump for a handshake and he stonewalled her.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked Trump: “Do you want to have a handshake?”
— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) March 17, 2017
Trump’s response: *crickets*https://t.co/SM9M8S8mjA pic.twitter.com/JY60uElrNJ
When The Donald tried to shake Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s hand and Trudeau just stared at his hand.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2017.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
That other time newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron would not let go of Trump’s hand.
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands before a working lunch ahead of a NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
Trump responded to Macron like this.
This is a pretty intense handshake between Macron and Trump pic.twitter.com/nseTdcpXkX
— Colin Jones (@colinjones) May 25, 2017
Remember when the First Family met Pope Francis?
EVAN VUCCI/AFP/Getty
And, of course, the now infamous shove of the Prime Minister of Montenegro at NATO’s headquarters.
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