Is that a fist bump? Donald Trump shook the Queen's hand and Twitter can't work out what's going on TrumpUKVisit
suggested the monarch was the only person the president hadn't greeted with his famously"dominating" handshake. Other Twitter users agreed, with one writing:"Don't know what kind of hand grip this is, but kudos to the Queen for not letting Trump try to crush her fingers with his usual ape grip handshake!"
"He was leaning forward from a distance, with a tentative pawing of her hand," she said."The Queen only ever offers her fingertips so he couldn't get a grasp. He probably wasn't touching much more than her fingers."Trump's forthright handshake style has been discussed at great lengths by numerous media outlets, including CNN, who compiled clips of the president shaking hands with other world leaders.
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