Trump Straight Up Ignores Request To Shake Hands With Angela Merkel
President
Donald Trump has shown he can smile for the cameras while sitting next to world leaders he doesn’t exactly see eye to eye with. But when it came to shaking hands during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday ... game over.
He let a press gaggle into the Oval Office, and videos of the interaction, which lasted about a minute, showed both leaders making awkward, surly faces.
“Can we get a handshake?” one member of the press asked. Merkel looked in Trump’s direction. He didn’t budge and most certainly didn’t return her gaze.
So Merkel, despondent, turned back to the gaggle of cameras and flashed an uncomfortable smile:
Trump Straight Up Ignores Request To Shake Hands With Merkel
Shame on Trump! His infantile lack of diplomacy is beyond ignorant.