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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Handshakes with Donalds are usually quite a challenge" - Polish prime minister & French president mock Trump & tweet it
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Tweet from Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland, with the video:
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"Handshakes with Donalds are usually quite a challenge" - Polish prime minister & French president mock Trump & tweet it (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Thursday
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Donald uses an intimidating handshake. Some have deliberately played his game.
keithbvadu2
Thursday
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LetMyPeopleVote
(155,301 posts)1. This made me smile
thinkingagain
(1,046 posts)2. Someday someone should
Either put a buzzer in their hand to shake with him or
Just before they shake cough/ sneeze into their hand that has a bit of Vaseline on the palm
That might freak him out
(Im being petty and childlish I know )
keithbvadu2
(40,379 posts)3. Donald uses an intimidating handshake. Some have deliberately played his game.
https://mashable.com/article/macron-trump-handshake
Macron annihilates Trump in the most awkward handshake battle of all time
Macron annihilates Trump in the most awkward handshake battle of all time
DFW
(56,776 posts)4. I never met any of them
But I remember the day I first met Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton (within an hour of each other, in March, 1995). Gingrichs handshake was like a dead fish, where Bill Clinton was rock solid. Must be something in the party affiliation, or something.