Trudeau smiles while Macron defeats Trump's pull in handshake

[suffragette]

First, Macron walks toward Trump, who clearly thinks he'll receive the first handshake, then Macron swerves over to shake others' hands before shaking with Trump.

When Macron does shake hands with Trump, Trump attempts his strong man pull in handshake, which Macron deftly defeats.

Be sure to look at Trudeau's reaction, which is cut off in tighter lens videos. He looks to be enjoying Macron's maneuver, which is similar to Trudeau's when Trump tried and failed to pull the same crap on him.

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The Guardian has a clearer video of this, which first shows Macron and Trump with the sitting handshake, then shows the standing one:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/25/trump-v-macron-french-president-appears-to-win-latest-handshake-battle

Found the 2nd one on YouTube, which shows Trudeau's reaction more clearly.
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[PubliusEnigma]

1. Trump thought he was the Leader of the Free World. Macron knows who that really is.

[suffragette]

2. Macron understands it is a team effort and Trump is not a team player.

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[yallerdawg]

3. He's such an effing dick!

Every leader there has to be wondering who the hell elected this boorish, low-class cad?

[suffragette]

5. He's a cross of the worst of Berlusconi and GWB, with extra vileness thrown in.

Likely brings up bad memories of dealing with those two behind the scenes.

[Hekate]

7. I think they all know by now who bought our election & are on the alert for interference...

...in their own nations.

It's just completely humiliating that we now have to serve as a cautionary tale and bad example to the rest of the world.

[suffragette]

14. Completely agree, Hekate.

[lunatica]

4. You'd think that Trump would be much less clumsy after a lifetime of yanking handshakes.

He doesn't do it well, and now that everyone knows that he does it he can't catch any of them off guard anymore.

[suffragette]

8. I bet he's fuming about it, especially given that Macron is French and Trudeau is French Canadian.

[smirkymonkey]

25. At his age, his balance is not so good anymore. I would love to see him try that again sometime and

have another world leader abruptly let go and send him flying to the ground! It would so serve him right!

[DefenseLawyer]

6. "No one knew that shaking hands could be so complicated" - Donald Trump n/t

[suffragette]

21. ...

[Leith]

32. Consider This an Up-Vote on Your Post

That was good!

[Sculpin Beauregard]

9. Dump is white trash and he looks like such an insufferable asshole with that 'hansdhake'

What a tool.

[suffragette]

27. He's a bully, which means he's a coward inside.

[leftstreet]

10. LOL

[suffragette]

13. Found and added to OP the YouTube one that shows Trudeau's response more clearly.

[global1]

11. I Would Like To Be A Fly On The Wall And Listening To What These World Leaders Say.....

amongst themselves about Trump. For sure - they are laughing behind his back.

[suffragette]

22. Given recent events, they're probably deciding what intelligence they will and won't share with him

and his admin, given how he and his cronies keep leaking.

[Arkansas Granny]

12. What is with his smile lately. He looks like he's wearing dentures that belong to someone else.

[2naSalit]

26. Botox lips...nt

[suffragette]

30. So fake, like everything else about him.

[malaise]

15. Love how he darted towards Merkel

[suffragette]

17. Exactly, especially after he is headed toward Trump first. Then he shakes her hand, then everyone

Else's in the front row before Trump's.

Trump got trumped - bigly!

[malaise]

18. Then he tried to tear off Macron's hand

He's uncouth on steroids

[suffragette]

23. He sure is uncouth. I imagine he'd be much more comfortable with Putin, Erdogan, and Duterte

than with actual democratic leaders.

[Alice11111]

36. Tear off, really. No wonder Melania throws his hand away

before he can grab it. He grabs and won't let go. You can see people trying to pull their hand away, and then he forcefully pulls them in again. It's like, I want my hand back now. DT: No, I want it. Other person: Again, I want my hand back. Bizarre. It seems to be an attempt to establish his dominance, like this handshake ends when
" I" say it does.
It's another bad cartoon.

[malaise]

16. Macron pushed him off

[suffragette]

19. Did you see the 2nd video I added? It shows Trudeau's reaction better. He sees exactly

What is going on, having been through it himself. Looks like Macron followed his strategy.

[malaise]

20. He's the laughing stock of the planet

SAD

[Madam45for2923]

24. Disgusting in the extreme. Probably same way he grabs women.

[suffragette]

38. Always trying to dominate. Shows his insecurity.

[Madam45for2923]

41. Not smooth and not smart. The way of a bullying child. Shows he has no people skills IRL.

[left-of-center2012]

28. Macron even pushed Trump's arm away

When Trump tried to pull him close, Macro used his free hand to push Trump's arm back.

Trump --> What a moron.

[suffragette]

39. Yep, Macron pushed back against the bullying. Bet Trump is fuming.

[underpants]

29. Question:looked like a NATO leaders welcome to the new guy Macron, but they didn't do one for Trump?

Maybe I just haven't seen it

[suffragette]

34. Good question. This was clearly a photo op. So much behind the scenes that we don't see, only

Some of which is reported.

Here's an article in France24 that notes that Macron and Trump had lunch together as well as noting Macron's upcoming meetings with leaders, some in a group and some one-on-one.

http://www.france24.com/en/20170525-france-macron-diplomacy-nato-g7-trump-putin-erdogan

Macron, 39, is travelling to Brussels to participate in his first summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance, only 10 days after being sworn into office. He will then spend Friday and Saturday at a G7 summit in Taormina, Italy, before hosting Putin at Versailles on Monday.

The French president had lunch with Trump in the Belgian capital before attending the NATO gathering, where he will meet many European political and military leaders for the first time.

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He will also hold a separate meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s divisive Turkish president, on the sidelines of the NATO summit.

Macron then flies to Taormina, a town on the island of Sicily, where he will have a chance to shake hands with and pose for photographs alongside the leaders of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and the United States.

[elmac]

31. ameriKa is

the laughing stock of the world, it will never be "great again" Thanks to the brain dead, stupid, ignorant, racist tRump voters.

[suffragette]

42. I think change is the only constant. And that we have much changing we need to do.

[XRubicon]

33. Dump has united NATO to find the pee tape

Please find it NATO, you will be rewarded bigly.

[suffragette]

44. He's certainly looking more pissy than usual lately.

[benpollard]

35. What a freakin' moron

That's how high school kids behave

[Alice11111]

37. My teachers in grade school would have disciplined us

for pushing and cutting in line w the PM of Montenegro.
Also, his handshakes are a wrestling match...to the principle's office.

[madokie]

40. No one likes this dick

man o man I'm sure happy I'm not him*

*'tRump'. LOL

[suffragette]

43. Yep, and the ones who tolerate him do so for their own profit, sharing with him the lack of

Ethics and any morality compass that allows them to profit while causing pain and misery to others.