Trump and Macron shake hands at Pope Francis’ funeral

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President Trump and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, exchanged his infamous and firm duration of the handshake of Pope Francis on Saturday.

The gesture was shared the duration of the “sign of peace” in the Mass, before dozens of priests distribute the sacred communion to the crowd, and continue the long history of interactions between the two world leaders.

Duration A meeting in Paris in December, Trump surprised Macron with an abundant handshake, enclosing legs with him and pushing firmly, almost dragging the French head of state along with him.

Emmanuel Macron and President Trump shake hands at the funeral of Pope Francis.
The handshake was shared a “sign of peace”. AFP through Getty Images

Later that day, Trump hugged Macron into a grip and bowed his arm over the French president in a particularly dominant pose.

Trump went out of the viral talk later, the publication tells: “It’s just a firm milkshake. He understands it. It’s just a firm shake.”

The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zenskyy, President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speak while attending Pope Francis’s funeral. AP

Two months later, the two were seen strongly trembling their hands several times during a meeting at the Oval office.

They shared mutual palettes on the shoulder before Trump approached his French counterpart again to continue the greeting, both smiling through the pursed lips.

Once inside the oval office, they set their hands twice.

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, the first lady Melania Trump, the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife Brigitte Macron observe how Pope Francis’s coffin is carried by the bearers who last his funeral mass in the Plaza de San Pedro. Reuters

They simply grabbed the gloves in what seemed like a “thumb war” about to begin.

The fascination with nonverbal communications between two pleading with the duration of Trump’s first mandate in office.

At a 2017 NATO summit in Brussels, the two grabbed themselves so strong that their knuckles got white.

The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, the president of Finland, Alexander Stubb, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and his wife Melania Trump applaud while attending the funeral of Pope Francis. AFP through Getty Images

“My hands shook with him, it was noche,” Macron told journalists after the summit.

Later that year, they set their hands for almost 30 seconds at an event of the Bastille Day, after which Trump joked about Macron, “Great Guy … Strong. He loves taking my hand.”

In 2018, the two exchanged the traditional French kiss known as “Bise” in the first term of Botheks Duration, causing more altered studies of their relationship.

Although their physical exchanges have become more meek, handshakes still remain a little longer than usual, revealing both camaraderie and the dynamics of power of their relationship.

With publication cables

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