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[Electric Eye]

Trump really doesn't know how to shake hands with people.

Damn wassup with trumps skull? Looks like one of those bald cockatoos that pull off their feathers.

 

[Mahonay]

I think you guys gave the nuclear launch codes to a complete moron

This has been clear since the moment he was elected. Most Americans are terrified that someone this unstable is president.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Along with not being able to read Trump apparently doesn't know how to shake hands either

He shakes hands like my grandpa/Uncle Leo.

 

[plidex]

Twitter overreacts, what a surprise.

There was no eye-roll.

Still the whole exchange was very awkward, as most of these things are.

 

[Slayven]

He keeps doing that arm pulling thing, like he's trying to rip their arm off or something.

Creepy as fuck

 

[Ms.Galaxy]

What the fuck is up with donald yanking and tapping someone on the hand. Creepiest shit ever.

He's feels uncomfortable, scared, and/or intimidated. He's basically doing what a child would do to someone else if they felt the same, it's a coping mechanism that you are trying to get the attention of someone who has a better understanding of what's going on than you.

 

[kris.]

BANZAI!

literally the first thing that came to my head as soon as the timer popped up on that daily show post. god i miss that show.

 

[Maximus.]

He always pulls people so hard in handshakes.

 

[HaloSon]

Trump needs help.

 

[FloweryMarston]

overreaction tbh, and i hope no one puts abe in a good light too.

 

[mugurumakensei]

Can't wait for those guys who wear prepubescent anime avatars on Twitter to announce they are boycotting Japan.

 

[Rymuth]

Trump really doesn't know how to shake hands with people.

Abe: Don-kun, can I have my hand back, please? Please....no? Oh okay, we're still doing this shit...

 

[fluffydelusions]

I'm surprised Trump didn't say "My hands are bigger"

 

[Wanda/Wander]

 

[Ushojax]

Hes still trying to do the arm pull on a handshake like he did with Gorsuch

Isn't that him trying to pull his hand away because of the germs but failing as the other person keeps gripping?

 

[RedAssedApe]

Twitter overreacts, what a surprise.

There was no eye-roll.

Still the whole exchange was very awkward, as most of these things are.

Making fun of an awkward exchange isn't really an overreaction.

 

[Sephzilla]

I want to see someone shake hands with Trump and do all of the same tug shit just to watch Trump get super uncomfortable

 

[Agent_ShortBus]

Some one please do a please look at me senpai trump image. Please look ate me.

 

[Askherserenity]

I need the next person to shake his hand on camera to fucking pull his arm out of its socket.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Why is Trump going around attempting to tear off the arms of foreign leaders?

 

[jelly]

His yank handshake is some weird alpha male crap he thinks works.

I'm waiting for the next country leader to be yank free or maybe it will be a tell that Trump fears them if he doesn't yank. We need a yank watch.

 

[moltonasty]

yikes

Turampu wa chou baka desu neeee

 

[Reversed]

Any fanart related to this?

 

[Nev]

Not really as comical as I expected, that's hardly an eyeroll. Whole thing was extremely cringey though. Maybe that's why I didn't find it too funny.

 

[MMarston]

"T-Trump senpai looked at me. nyaaa"

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Why is Trump going around attempting to tear off the arms of foreign leaders?

He misheard about Teddy Roosevelt strong arming people and is taking it literally.

 

[Akuun]

Why is Trump going around attempting to tear off the arms of foreign leaders?

He wants their large hands.

 

[Amalthea]

Trump looks like he's about to burst like an overripe tomato.

 

[darscot]

I want to see someone shake hands with Trump and do all of the same tug shit just to watch Trump get super uncomfortable

What would be great if the person just called him on it and said why are you treating my hand like Putin's cock, stop giving me a tug.

 

[old manatee]

ew I hate when insecure dudes try to turn a handshake into an arm wrestle.

 

[jelly]

Now you're going to meet Trump. We have this idiots guide to follow, named after Trump.

1. Beware of the yank
2. Stroke his ego
3. Profit.

 

[suzu]

Trump actually looking at Abe after he translated made me laugh.

 

[Dead Prince]

What the fuck is up with donald yanking and tapping someone on the hand. Creepiest shit ever.

So no one sees how small his hands are

 

[Arkeband]

Twitter overreacts, what a surprise.

There was no eye-roll.

Still the whole exchange was very awkward, as most of these things are.

His eyes roll back into his head because Trump, who has been a celebrity for most of his life, turned a fairly straightforward photo op into a 20 second thumb war.

 

[Apathy]

wonder what the first world leader to shake his hand and do a preemptive arm pull against trump will get.

 

[Sephzilla]

What would be great if the person just called him on it and said why are you treating my hand like Putin's cock, stop giving me a tug.

I'm also waiting for SNL to call it out

 

[OniBarubary]

Taking a lesson from Trump, let's not let the fact that there wasn't an eye-roll stop us from saying on an almost constant basis, in Tweets and memes and comment sections, that Abe eye-rolled Trump. Get it trending, make him look like a dumb shit and get him mad.

Alternative facts, people, this is just another one of those.

 

[Laevateinn]

What is it with Republicans and the Japanese?

 

[squallheart]

ew I hate when insecure dudes try to turn a handshake into an arm wrestle.

Same lol. Dude at work always tries to grip hard when he shakes my hand thinking I'm going to be like, mercy please!

 

[LQX]

Trump really doesn't know how to shake hands with people.

Trump desperately wants the world to stop talking about his tiny hands by playing up the fact he finally found someone with tinier hands than him. Just look how he is playing up that handshake. See, see look how big may hands are. It has been eating him the fuck up.

 

[ZealousD]

This is so non news worthy. Extended shake for the cameras. I'd be nervous af, especially with a language barrier.

Nowadays we highlight all of Trump's fuckups, big and small, because it annoys the crap out of him.

 

[Exile20]

Did Trump ask what the Japanese say and Abe said "Please look at me" and Trump looks at Abe instead of the photographer?

 

[Lilalaunebaer]

This fucking arm yanking. Obvious as hell, primitive as shit "alpha" business man bullshit. Probably thinks that he asserted dominance while every one else is thinking (including the people he´s doing it to) "wtf is wrong with this motherfucker". Get this shitgibbon out of the white house.

 

[Guy.brush]

wonder if the whole setup of the seats is done on purpose so if the president meets with a right handed guest (which would be most of them), that guest needs to reach over his chest and automatically feels weaker than the president.

 

[mf.luder]

Please, look at me.

Who can prevent forest fires?

You said "you" as referring to "me", the correct answer is "you".

 

[Nev]

https://youtu.be/IMb200BRDv8

This is the creepiest thing though. Like, what the hell?

 

[Bronx-Man]

Trump really doesn't know how to shake hands with people.

I knew nerds in high school that weren't this socially stunted.

 

[Gurgelhals]

Dat feel when even other right-wing head of states with an authoritarian streak think you're a fucking idiot...

 

[mercenar1e]

hes pulling people in every handshake lol its like he wants to break someones arm.

 

[KrellRell]

Nowadays we highlight all of Trump's fuckups, big and small, because it annoys the crap out of him.

I'm sure he's reading Neogaf.... It's done on here to try to make people feel better. From an outsider's perspective, it's sad. The whole situation is sad.