The news of Donald Trump’s terrible, awful, no good art of handshaking seems to have spread to Eastern Europe. Following a bonkers joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda during his trip to Poland on Thursday, where Trump gave erratic answers regarding Russia’s interference in the 2016 United States election while simultaneously attacking the media and President Obama (an impressive feat, even for him), cameras caught the above moment of awkwardness.
As the President and First Lady Melania Trump stood alongside Duda and his wife, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, the two leaders shook hands with one another while standing next to their wives on stage. However as Trump moved to embrace Mrs. Duda, she whiffed along past him to take the hand of the First Lady.
An honest mistake? Possibly. But given Trump’s track record of just not shaking hands — but his treatment of and attitude towards women — if it wasn’t a mistake you can hardly blame the poor woman. Even his own wife doesn’t want to touch paws with the guy. Either way, to the surprise of no one, it wasn’t long before the internet picked up on the glorious moment and memorialized it in GIF form, where it was shared far and wide in the land of Twitter.
Poland's first lady is the new leader of the free world pic.twitter.com/tgDUdjY8Tp
— @carlivelocci.com on the other app (@velocciraptor) July 6, 2017
LEGEND https://t.co/UGKw0XWpPv
— David (@davidclewis) July 6, 2017
I love that this failed Trump handshake in Poland is already a gif. Thank you, millennials. pic.twitter.com/5Kwm3eBMac
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) July 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/_AndyHa/status/882982899913502720
aaaaaaaand we're going to war with poland. https://t.co/URweETlHdY
— abdul 🌌📷 (@Advil) July 6, 2017
NOT ALL SHEROES WEAR CAPES…
let's hear it for the first lady of Polandhttps://t.co/BCO78Lpfsg— Liza Sabater 🇵🇷👸🏾🌹 (@blogdiva) July 6, 2017
Trump's face after being left hanging by the First Lady of Poland is priceless. pic.twitter.com/IhwistrLzd
— Jules ❄️💖 (@jules_is_ok) July 6, 2017
Kudos to the Polish First Lady for being all “hard pass, I don’t know where that hand’s been.” pic.twitter.com/izC9YEmnO0
— shauna (@goldengateblond) July 6, 2017
Was it a handshake snub?
OR…
Is Trump's hand so damn small Poland's First Lady didn't even see it? pic.twitter.com/17F2qcD6zN
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) July 6, 2017
This swerve by Poland's first lady is smooth af pic.twitter.com/EiyiaXVG61
— marv 🇵🇸 ❂ (@mvn_dn) July 6, 2017