People Can’t Stop Talking About President Trump’s Handshake With Vladimir Putin
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July 16, 2018It’s going down in Helsinki. President Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Side note: Putin is a pipsqueak. Look at him next to FLOTUS.
Pres. Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin meet for photo spray ahead of summit in Helsinki, Finland. https://t.co/15ku0OZIFX pic.twitter.com/1ZsYYsVbJl
— ABC News (@ABC) July 16, 2018
ANYWAY. While there are ~important~ highlights, which we will most definitely harp on later, everyone’s obsessing over something…rather insignificant.
Their handshake. ABC GIF-afied it, for your viewing pleasure.
President Trump shares a handshake with Russian President Putin at the beginning of their summit in Helsinki. https://t.co/W4XSO2czEV pic.twitter.com/TeIVmS3vfe
— ABC News (@ABC) July 16, 2018
Notice anything?
Watch it again.
See that? Putin is using his other hand to grip the chair.
Looks like President Putin is afraid of getting yanked by those infamous President Trump handshakes. #Helsinki2018 pic.twitter.com/lk0zGdtkd4
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) July 16, 2018
Was that Putin’s deliberate attempt at avoiding Trump’s power shake? That seems to be the consensus…
Note Putin’s hold of the chair to make sure trump doesn’t try his signature jerk handshake. #TrumpPutinSummit pic.twitter.com/T2tHpoy0Qm
— Robin Ward (@RwardRobin) July 16, 2018
Putin's hardman strategy for the Donald Trump power handshake revealedhttps://t.co/0LXsNdwG5X pic.twitter.com/gz0flQgrZk
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) July 16, 2018
Handshake between @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and Vladimir Putin at the presidential palace in Helsinki, Finland pic.twitter.com/t36JwjEsh6
— WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) July 16, 2018
The handshake
Read more on #Trump–#Putin summit: https://t.co/TxvsH9GiwX pic.twitter.com/R9btWEmcmg
— RT (@RT_com) July 16, 2018
Putin Trump summit no hunky punky handshake by Trump. Very icy demeaner by Putin ❄️☃️⛄️❄️ pic.twitter.com/XlElp0ODXe
— Rea (@ReaCola) July 16, 2018
Trump looks way more relaxed and in charge here. Don’t you think so?
Putin determined not to be dragged into a Trump handshake as he holds on to his chair #trumpputinsummit
#PutinTrump #Trump pic.twitter.com/XoRBw1AZEt— Matt Yelland (@MattYelland1) July 16, 2018
Looks like Putin is holding on to the chair, in case the POTUS' hardy handshake pulls him onto the floor. Just saying.https://t.co/NwNBmawadZ …@realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/imYYGI5TRN
— ethersvoice (@ethersvoice) July 16, 2018
Interesting, no?
Anyway, here are some highlights ahead of the meeting, in case you’re interested.
