[h=1]The little hand embarrassment tour..
Trump breaks the link as handshake photo op goes awry[/h]Source: Agence France-Presse
November 13, 2017 13:15
Manila - US President Donald Trump was all fingers and thumbs during a carefully choreographed photo op Monday at a summit of world leaders, failing to grasp whose hands he was supposed to be holding and breaking a lineup intended to showcase unity.
Trump, whose insurgent election victory was built on his willingness to disrupt political convention, was supposed to cross his arms and join hands with the men on either side of him.
But as others clutched the hands of the person to their left and their right, Trump used both of his hands to clasp the extended fingers of Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The doubling up left summit host Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte with a spare hand -- and broke the line into two parts.
Read more: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/asean-plus/30331483
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Trump breaks the link as handshake photo op goes awry[/h]Source: Agence France-Presse
November 13, 2017 13:15
Manila - US President Donald Trump was all fingers and thumbs during a carefully choreographed photo op Monday at a summit of world leaders, failing to grasp whose hands he was supposed to be holding and breaking a lineup intended to showcase unity.
Trump, whose insurgent election victory was built on his willingness to disrupt political convention, was supposed to cross his arms and join hands with the men on either side of him.
But as others clutched the hands of the person to their left and their right, Trump used both of his hands to clasp the extended fingers of Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The doubling up left summit host Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte with a spare hand -- and broke the line into two parts.
Read more: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/asean-plus/30331483
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