Donald Trump Refuses to shake hands With German Chancellor, Angela Merkel

Donald Trump Refuses to shake hands With German Chancellor, Angela Merkel

The German Chancellor was a guest at the White House and during a sit down with Merkel to take photos after their talk, Donald Trump refused to shake her hands.

Donald Trump refused to shake hands with Angela Merkel as a first meeting between the two leaders, which was postponed from Tuesday because of snow, got off to a distinctly frosty start.

The German chancellor and US president posed for the press in the Oval Office, and photographers could be heard calling for the two to shake hands. Mrs Merkel turned and smiled at her host, asking him: “Do you want to have a handshake?” But Trump refused.

Instead, Mr Trump, who had appeared to hold hands with Theresa May, the Prime Minister, when they walked together during her White House visit in January, looked down at the floor and avoided all eye-contact with his guest.

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