Even though he has tiny baby hands–which led Spy Magazine co-editor Graydon Carter to dub him a “short-fingered vulgarian”–Donald Trump is incredibly fond of using his small hands to try and dominate and intimidate others when he shakes with them.
President Trump’s favorite handshake move is to grab the hand of the other person and pull them closer, as if he’s about to douse them with ketchup and consume them like he would a slice of Kobe beef.
But when Trump met with French president Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, Macron was more than equal to the task, laying a white-knuckle handshake on the Donald:
"Je suis très heureux de pouvoir, ensemble, changer beaucoup de choses", dit Macron aux côtés de Trump pic.twitter.com/7rQzMjGxBa
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) May 25, 2017
Later, there was another power handshake between the two men:
This is a pretty intense handshake between Macron and Trump pic.twitter.com/nseTdcpXkX
— Colin Jones (@colinjones) May 25, 2017
Within a few minutes, Twitter was alight with commentary on the way Macron had met Trump’s challenge and bested the 70-year-old head of state:
Another angle on Trump-Macron handshakehttps://t.co/lUcGMGU6Sp
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) May 25, 2017
We have entered an era in which heads of state and government have to spend time strategizing how to win a handshake https://t.co/cMsPMMvQz6
— Doug Saunders (@DougSaunders) May 25, 2017
Male politicians' "handshake battles" – they should just get out their cocks and fight like real men.
— Zoe Margolis (@girlonetrack) May 25, 2017
Trump's handshake legacy is going to be quite large, unlike his hands
— Ari Phillips (@re_ari) May 25, 2017
It's not a truly manly handshake until blood spatters all over the walls. https://t.co/zGljOi1OG7
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 25, 2017
Trump Just Met His Death-Grip Handshake Match In French President Macron https://t.co/3TqaDtQnE6 via @juliareinstein
— “Hayes Brown” But A Halloween Pun (@HayesBrown) May 25, 2017
a funny gag for the next head of state who meets Trump would be to wear a fake hand that pops off during the handshake
— Jorge Ribas (@jribas) May 25, 2017
Macron plays the Trump handshake game well. Looks like POTUS wanted to disengage at one point but French president gripped tight https://t.co/V45Ko2vumE
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) May 25, 2017
Not afraid to admit I'm turned on by Prime Minister Dreamboat & President Heartthrob owning Trump at his own bullshit macho handshake game. pic.twitter.com/UIP4QN0YO8
— Cate Hall (@catehall) May 25, 2017
Now that the Europeans have had a chance to see Trump up close, you have to wonder: Do they laugh and ridicule him as much as we do? Or do they just feel sorry for us?
h/t Raw Story
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