In 2017, at a Nato summit meeting, then-president Donald Trump and still-president Emmanuel Macron of France “enjoyed” a protracted handshake. You can watch it on YouTube. Is there a bit of arm twisting? Some white knuckles?
Both presidents were asked about it later. “He loves holding my hand,” said Trump. Macron disclosed that the whole thing was intentional, “to show that we won’t make small concessions,