President Donald Trump was apparently eager to forge a friendship with fellow world leader Emmanuel Macron amid a state visit on Tuesday — but two headline-making moments seemed more awkward than amiable. 
 
 First, some people on Twitter poked fun of Trump after he grabbed the French president’s hand — and then continued holding it while leading him away from reporters outside the White House. 
 
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 “That Trump-Macron hand grab thing just now was super weird,” CNN’s Chris Cillizza observed on Twitter. “Can someone please GIF it for me?” 
 
 Another Twitter user jokingly added “light hand-holding” to the Trump-Macron state-visit schedule, in between bilateral meetings and state dinner. 
 
 Donald Trump (left) and Emmanuel Macron Kleponis-Pool/Getty 
 
 Watch Trump yank Macron away like he’s a kid on a mission to eat some ice cream. pic.twitter.com/tGrDAsakAR — Scott Dworkin (@funder) April 24, 2018 
 
 That Trump-Macron hand grab thing just now was super weird. 
 
 
 
 Can someone please GIF it for me? — Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 24, 2018 
 
 Trump-Macron Schedule: 
 
 1) Bilateral meetings 
 
 2) Light hand holding 
 
 3) State dinner pic.twitter.com/NPVCVFJap7 — Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) April 24, 2018 
 
 The moment came on the heels’ of yet another awkward hand-holding episode between Trump and wife Melania — prompting comments that no one seems to want to hold Trump’s hand today. 
 
 Neither Melania nor Macron want to hold Trump's hand. https://t.co/Q5aC1xayaA — Jim Cassidy (@JimCassidy48) April 24, 2018 
 
 That’s cause Trump needs to hold someone’s hand and I guess Macron is it since Melania already has hand checked him today. — Erika Outlaw (@OutlawErika) April 24, 2018 
 
 Later, in the Oval Office, Trump struck an uncomfortable note once again when he joked that he was brushing dandruff off Macron’s shoulder. 
 
 “They’re all saying what a great relationship we have, and they’re actually correct,” Trump said to Macron and reporters gathered in the Oval Office. “We do have a very special relationship. In fact, I’ll get that little piece of dandruff off — we have to make him perfect. He is perfect.” 
 
 He then turned to Macron and brushed his shoulder as photographers clicked away. 
 
 Emmanuel Macron (left) and Donald Trump LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty 
 
 Emmanuel Macron (left) and Donald Trump Chris Kleponis/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock 
 
 Some people on Twitter called the moment a diplomatic “power move.” 
 
 A tweet from a parody Trump account joked: “I wasn’t able to overpower #France President #Macron with my macho handshake,so my next power move was pretending to pick dandruff off his suit & telling the press I did it to make him ‘perfect’!” 
 
 I wasn’t able to overpower #France President #Macron with my macho handshake,so my next power move was pretending to pick dandruff off his suit & telling the press I did it to make him “perfect”!#America MUST be so PROUD of #Trump diplomacy!#Spanky#TrumpCult#TrumpCrimeFamily — Donald J. Trump (@Trumptweets2020) April 24, 2018 
 
 HOLY SHIT. TRUMP JUST SAID HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MACRON IS SO GOOD THAT HE BRUSHED OFF DANDRUFF FROM HIS COAT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS. DIPLOMATIC POWER MOVE. pic.twitter.com/IIeNVCKLKS — David Mack (@davidmackau) April 24, 2018 
 
 A lot of people were confident the move was intended to belittle Macron. 
 
 Trump picking 'Dandruff' off Macron: Power play. An insult. A bald old man jealously grooming a full haired young man. Weird? 
 
 Never witnessed anything remotely close happening when global powers meet. I’m sure the French are embarrassed & outraged! 😂 pic.twitter.com/bpTppgiJTr — Jigme (@JigmeUgen) April 24, 2018 
 
 Trump trying to play bully and tough guy. #BarrelsOfMoney 
 
 It was their money. 
 
 Trying to embarrass Macron over the 'brushing off dandruff' stunt. 
 
 WTF? — 2018 Vote Dems! Our Lives Depend on Our Votes! (@AlasscanIsBack) April 24, 2018 
 
 Trump touches Macron without permission & manages to insult him about his dandruff? Unbelievably crass. https://t.co/noPKy9qFTO — Patty (@2havefun72) April 24, 2018 
 
 I just saw #Preisdent #Trump , a man who tapes his tie to his shirt publicly act like he had to remove "dandruff" from the suite of the stylish #French President Macron Life is a cartoon. — Jason DeWall (@JasonDeWall) April 24, 2018 
 
 No, this isn’t an SNL skit, it’s Trump telling Macron he has dandruff on his suit and wiping it off pic.twitter.com/uJd33tRvYv — Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) April 24, 2018 
 
 Trump wipes off dandruff from Macron's shoulder: "We have to make him perfect." You can pass this for SNL, but it is real life. pic.twitter.com/C7ZZlZAdDa — #Thinker 🌀 (@areta) April 24, 2018 
 
 And a couple tweeters had to remind themselves that yes, this was really happening — and not on Saturday Night Live. ||||| In Washington today, two people who definitely like each other and regularly interact in real life attempted, with limited success, to hold each other's hands in front of cameras. 
 
 “I know I’ve been an absentee dad and a horrible husband - including flagrant affairs while you were pregnant - but let’s just hold hands at this event...” pic.twitter.com/gLDCs40iCk — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 24, 2018 
 
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 Captured on MSNBC's coverage of French president Emmanuel Macron's visit to the White House by Shannon Watts on Twitter, the video shows the American president apparently attempting to signal his wife that he wanted to grasp her hand by repeatedly tapping her brusquely, much like regular people who have regular person experiences all the time. 
 
 Michael Cohen's second most problematic client first brushed his claw against the first lady's hand, a gesture of romance so overwhelming that she ignored it, opting to stare directly forward with the force of someone who is just doing her job and doesn't need to be distracted. He then tried to tap her with his index finger like a middle schooler on a first date at a screening of Avengers: Infinity War, testing the waters to see if this was a good moment for some butter-fingered hand-holding. It was not. 
 
 The first lady, in a wide-brimmed white hat like Olivia Pope except the exact opposite, did not get the message, so the president resorted to lightly worming his pinkie finger into her palm like an unsubtle Russian bot showing up in your timeline bearing a conspiracy theory and a donation link. 
 
 Regular person stuff. Getty Images 
 
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 Apparently the third time was the charm, as the first lady's immobile hand was successfully grasped by the president's in a show of national and connubial unity that captured the heart of the nation. 
 
 The president, of course, is known for his unsettling relationship with his hands, having engaged in a hand-shaking battles in the past. Among the contestants: 
 
 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe 
 
 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; 
 
 French president Emmanuel Macron 
 
 More recently, he has resorted to simply holding hands, as seen here with British Prime Minister Theresa May. 
 
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 And earlier today, with Macron. 
 
 LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images 
 
 When reached for comment, body language experts called the president's hand habits, "a heartbreakingly beautiful extension of his romantic businessman soul" and "just about as unsettling as literally everything else." ||||| First Lady Melania Trump had another awkward hand-holding moment with husband Donald Trump on Tuesday as the first couple welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, to the White House for the Trump administration’s first state visit. 
 
 In footage captured by MSNBC and later dissected by Twitter users, Trump appears to make a subtle effort to hold his wife’s hand, first extending his pinky finger and then gently giving her hand a little shake before she finally places her hand his. 
 
 This isn’t the first time Mrs. Trump has appeared reluctant to hold her husband’s hand. In May, the first lady was caught on camera clearly swatting away her husband’s hand during a trip to Tel Aviv, Israel. Then in February, as the first lady and president departed the White House for a trip to Ohio, Trump once again tried but failed to make hand-to-hand contact with his wife. 
 
 On Tuesday, Twitter took note of the Trumps’ latest awkward hand-holding moment. 
 
 That moment when your wife resists holding your hand… PRICELESS. 🤣🤣 @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/hDpPddTv5C — BetsyBits (@BetsyBits) April 24, 2018 
 
 Trump attempts to hold Melania's hand at President Emmanuel Macron's arrival at the South Lawn: pic.twitter.com/NlBlcdZ29s — Braxton (@braxtonryn) April 24, 2018 
 
 Look at poor #Melania right hand trying to tell #Trump that he didn’t dig deep enough. — Sam (@SamMusaed) April 24, 2018 
 
 Trump's attempt to hold Melania's hand is EVERYTHING: pic.twitter.com/t7yqNGpJym — Braxton (@braxtonryn) April 24, 2018 
 
 Poor Melania, she loomed like she was holding back tears under her hat as she held Trump's hand — Daring Reporter (@DaringReporter) April 24, 2018 
 
 “Look at poor #Melania right hand trying to tell #Trump that he didn’t dig deep enough,” one tweeter joked. 
 
 “Poor Melania, she looked like she was holding back tears under her hat as she held Trump’s hand,” said another. 
 
 The first lady’s white, wide-brimmed hat was also lighting up Twitter on Tuesday. 
 
 JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty 
 
 The striking accessory stole the show as Mrs. Trump and French First Lady Brigitte Macron — both in white skirt suits — joined their husbands on the White House South Lawn for a military welcome ceremony. The first lady’s white suit is from the Michael Kors Collection and costs $2,195, according to CNN. The outlet said the hat was also from the Michael Kors Collection hat, but a new pool report says it seems that “Michael Kors is not taking credit for the hat.” 
 
 On Twitter, people compared the first lady’s hat look to those worn by Beyoncé in her “Formation” music video, Jude Law in The Young Pope and Kerry Washington in Scandal. 
 
 Melania with the Young Pope hat pic.twitter.com/PqwI4bqO9A — Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) April 24, 2018 
 
 How did Melania get Fanucci's hat? pic.twitter.com/ZFZJwazkYm — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 24, 2018 
 
 Is Melania Trump’s white hat a symbol of morality like Olivia Pope’s? pic.twitter.com/JZRHL7iuOi — KOlive (@kmomonahan) April 24, 2018 
 
 Others noticed that while Brigitte Macron managed to expertly kiss both of her fellow first lady’s cheeks beneath the wide brim, President Trump had trouble making contact and settled on air kisses instead. 
 
 Hats off to Brigitte Macron, who just managed a flawless French two-cheek kiss under and around Melania Trump's enormous flat-brim hat. Which is gorgeous. — Anne Rumsey Gearan (@agearan) April 24, 2018 
 
 President Trump Kisses Melania Hat Gets in the Way April 24, 2018 Live Satellite News: https://t.co/bvKsFxG5PK via @YouTube — LiveSatelliteNews (@LiveSatNews) April 24, 2018 
 
 Melania's relationship tips: wear a wide-brimmed hat and your husband will never be able to kiss you pic.twitter.com/eVhzFFEulD — shannon carlin (@new_girl_friday) April 24, 2018 
 
 Joked one Twitter user: “Melania’s relationship tips: wear a wide-brimmed hat and your husband will never be able to kiss you.” ||||| (CNN) First, they shared an awkward handshake. Then, President Donald Trump complimented Brigitte Macron's "physical shape." 
 
 "You're in such good shape. She's in such good physical shape. Beautiful," Trump told the French President's wife, who was standing next to first lady Melania Trump. 
 
 Earlier in the day, at the welcome ceremony in Paris, Trump and French first lady Brigitte Macron extended their hands to one another -- fumbling to make contact for a handshake -- before they embraced for a traditional kiss on the cheek. Afterward, they rejoined hands while they continued to talk. 
 
 Here's that awkward handshake between Trump and France's Brigitte Macron. pic.twitter.com/5Ci6lAWuV6 — Meg Wagner (@megwagner) July 13, 2017 
 
 It's not the first awkward greeting between Trump and a Macron. In May, Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shared a long, tense handshake during their first meeting in Brussels. The French leader later said his white-knuckled grip had a deeper meaning. 
 
 "My handshake with him, it's not innocent," Macron said. "It's not the alpha and the omega of politics, but a moment of truth." ||||| Roses are red/ 
 
 Violets are blue/ 
 
 Melania does not like to hold Donald's hand/ 
 
 These are things we know to be true. 
 
 Did you like my poem? It's all just my way of telling you that thing of when Donald-tries-to-hold-Melania's-hand-and-she-really-didn't-want-him-to-and-also-a-million-cameras-were-on-them happened again. 
 
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 That moment when your wife resists holding your hand... PRICELESS. 🤣🤣 @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/hDpPddTv5C — BetsyBits (@BetsyBits) April 24, 2018 
 
 This time, the incomplete hand hold took place on the White House South Lawn during a military welcome ceremony with French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. 
 
 As you can see, Trump goes for it several times over the course of an extremely tense 13 seconds before ultimately making it happen. 
 
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 As a reminder, Melania has yet to publicly acknowledge anything having to do with Stormy Daniels, the porn star who allegedly had an affair with the President shortly after the First Lady was pregnant with their only child together. 
 
 And, uh, yeah. That's about it. 
 
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– One of the moments getting the most attention from President Trump's press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday had to do with ... dandruff. "We have a very special relationship, in fact I'll get that little piece of dandruff off," Trump said while learning over to brush something off Macron's suit. "We have to make him perfect—he is perfect." CBS News reports that Macron seemed at first "caught off guard," but then smiled and laughed. More details from the joint news conference, which took place during Macron's second day of meetings at the White House: Another weird move: Live MSNBC footage caught Trump apparently attempting to hold the First Lady's hand, and Melania Trump apparently not being into it at all. People calls the whole thing "awkward" and rounds up amused Twitter reactions, while Elle says it's "absolute agony" to watch and rounds up images of Trump's other awkward hand-holding encounters. Cosmopolitan calls it "without a doubt the most uncomfortable Donald/Melania hand-holding moment of all time," noting it took Trump 13 seconds before finally managing to grasp his wife's hand in his, and the Cut reminisces about the other times Trump has failed at holding hands with his wife. Hand-holding success: Trump had more success grabbing—and holding onto—Macron's hand, but that moment was also widely hailed as awkward, People reports, rounding up reactions.