Posted on 02/24/2025 8:40:57 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shared a firm and lengthy handshake outside the Oval Office on Monday ahead of a bilateral meeting dominated by Russia’s war on Ukraine.
After the initial grip-and-grin, accompanied by mutual pats on the shoulder, the American president pulled his French counterpart close in to continue the greeting.
Trump, 78, and Macron, 47, then waved to the assembled media before ducking inside the West Wing.
Inside the Oval Office, the two leaders shook hands twice more — at one point grabbing each other’s mitts in the “thumb war” formation familiar to millions of schoolchildren around the world.
The relationship between the two leaders has been intensely studied dating back to April 2018, when the two exchanged the traditional French “bise” on both cheeks during Trump’s first term in office.
Monday’s meeting was Trump’s first in-person appearance with Macron since the two met in Paris this past December alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the reopening of the historic Notre Dame Cathedral.
During that Paris meeting, Trump surprised Macron with the strength of his handshake, almost dragging the French head of state along with him.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Gif....
Trump: By the way, what do you hope to do when you grow up someday?
Macron was constantly grabbing his knee this visit. 🙄
Angela Markel looking like Fraulein Frumpasaurus there… good lord Hillary’s Kraut twin….
“Man bear pig”…. Chuckle….
Cracks me up remembering those days. Gore is such a dork stiff.
W turned out to be a real disappointment though, while Obunghole was wrecking the country
“Laurel - and Hardy handshake”
I get the impression Macron and Trump genuinely like each other. That comes through as they readily agree to work together on a lasting peace in Ukraine.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.