PRESIDENT Trump really is the gift that keeps on giving. Rarely a day goes by without him saying or doing something bizarre.
Last week’s offerings came courtesy of the NATO summit, where he was filmed roughly elbowing his way to the front of a photo opportunity, shortly after having read the riot act to other heads of state about their failure to pay their way for world security.
But it was the alpha male shenanigans between him and the newly-elected President Macron of France which were the most revealing. The pair became hilariously – if utterly childishly – locked in a battle to prove they each had the stronger handshake. Now, one of my absolute pet hates is a weak handshake – yuk, the feel of a jellyfish-like hand in your own – but these two took things to ridiculous extremes. Jaws were gritted, knuckles went white as each tried to gain the ascendancy over the other.
I’m not entirely sure who won – my guess is Macron because he is younger and almost certainly has bigger hands than Mr Trump. But neither of them came out of the exchange covered in glory. Alpha male posturing at its most pathetic.
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