That shake though…
Donald Trump met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House on Monday in their first face-to-face meeting since Trump became the President of the US.
It has been well documented on social media that Donald Trump seems to have an unorthodox style of shaking hands with people. Often times it looks like he is wrenching them towards him as he firmly grasps their hand.
There's no escaping Donald Trump's handshake pic.twitter.com/nZiXiy1SOp
— VICE News (@vicenews) February 11, 2017
Therefore, people were interested to see how the first handshake between Trump and Trudeau would go down. Would it be a similarly awkward greeting?
Pres. Trump greets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House https://t.co/DYel2taCiV pic.twitter.com/F8OVvXDyEm
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 13, 2017
However, people noticed that Trudeau was very firm in his handshake with Trump today, with his left hand grabbing the business tycoon on his upper arm as if braced for a potential pull.
The handshake did seem to have a tense air about it though and could even be seen as slightly aggressive by some standards.
Although nothing like Trump’s handshake with Judge Neil Gorsuch…
President Trump and Judge Neil Gorsuch shake hands after he nominates him to the Supreme Court: https://t.co/PTgrqM3g9F pic.twitter.com/vnm8rUJigt
— ABC News (@ABC) February 1, 2017