Poland’s first lady shuns Trump’s handshake attempt
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Another awkward handshake moment featuring the US President Trump is going viral.
The first lady of Poland, Agata Kornhauser-Duda appeared to snub President Donald Trump for a handshake Thursday and Twitterati just could not handle it.
The Polish first lady went straight to shake hands with Melania Trump, as news cameras captured and the president’s beaming smile turned into a frown within seconds, reports follownews.com.
Trump narrows his eyes after the brush-off.
He delivered a speech in the city, saying that western civilisation was at risk.
Poland’s first lady, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, opts to greet Melania first. Trump narrows his eyes after the brush-off. Trump delivered a speech in the city, saying that western civilisation was at risk.
Videos of the moment show both first families walking on stage to perform their official greetings in front of the media, as Trump claps and appears to showcase his wife Melania Trump. Unlike the American president and his wife, Duda holds hands with his wife as the two walk out to accompany the Trumps.
The two leaders shake hands, with Trump leaning in and patting the Polish president on his right shoulder. Trump then leans further, toward Duda’s wife, extending his arm for a handshake with the first lady. Instead, she glides past him, walking toward Melania Trump and reaching out to embrace her instead of the US president.
Trump appears disgruntled immediately after being either ignored or unseen by Kornhauser-Duda, staring blankly past her and Melania and toward a camera observing the entire moment.
Meanwhile, there’s already talk of what the handshake between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will look like Friday, when the two meet for the first time during the G20 forum in Germany.
‘[I expect] an Olympian level of macho posturing between these two leaders, who both understand the importance of symbolism and the perception of being tough,’ Derek Chollet, a former senior national security official in President Barack Obama’s administration, told CNN.
Then again, as Thursday showed, Trump may very well not receive a handshake at all. And that would likely make Trump very angry.