***OMG*** The Chump In Chief refuses to shake Angela Merkel's hand.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

President Donald Trump, who made headlines for shaking hands with Japan’s prime minister in front of reporters for a full 19 seconds, seemed to ignore German Chancellor Angela Merkel when she suggested that they exchange the same courtesy during her White House visit Friday.

In an exchange caught on video, photographers gathered around Trump and Merkel in the Oval Office early Friday afternoon and suggested that the two leaders shake hands for the camera.

Merkel, a U.S. ally regarded highly by former President Barack Obama, turned toward Trump and asked, “Do you want to have a handshake?”

Trump, who seemed to be grimacing as he sat alongside Merkel, did not respond. He continued looking forward as the cameras rolled.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-angela-merkel-no-handshake-236175

[Solly Mack]

1. I'd love to know what she was thinking.

Trump looks unhappy and uncomfortable. I hope he is miserable.

[KittyWampus]

7. In that photo he looks like he's nodding off.

[Solly Mack]

18. Could be. He'll hate the photo though. The chin thing.

[LOL Lib]

46. I love it! His chinS reminds me of a wrinkled lump of cow poop!

If you aren't familiar with cow pies you probably can't relate. Lol not going to google poop from my work either.

[MFM008]

54. Looks like

He has a pug dog under his chin......

[LOL Lib]

60. Yes! You nailed it!

Lmao!

[Solly Mack]

73. We used the salt block as home and piles of cow patties as the bases.

So, yeah, I know.

lol

The cows watched.

Summers of my youth in South Georgia.

[LOL Lib]

74. Lol that is awesome!

[OldHippieChick]

36. Well, we know he's not

praying ...

[lunatica]

70. To me he's looking like he's checking to see that his balls are protected

Probably from her.

[JHB]

108. He looks like a little brat who has to behave...

...in a situation he doesn't want to be in: withdrawn and just trying to let it pass around him.


"You want to give your Aunt Betty a kiss, Donnie?"

(Mumbled) "No."

[lindysalsagal]

58. How you say, "You're in way over your head, asshole" auf deutsch?

[Solly Mack]

76. Fickfehler will do.

means fuck error/mistake, if I recall correctly

[adigal]

84. She looked like she was going to laugh at him, and German papers said "Leader of the Free World and

her rude host."

Link to tweet

[Solly Mack]

85. Love it!

[Cha]

114. Go back in time and I bet he would be shaking hands with hitler.

One of his stupid "I'm more powerful than you" shakes

[Solly Mack]

115. He would. He'd also be one of the people grabbing up suddenly cheap real estate.

[Cha]

117. Oh yeah.. making one of his "really impressive deals" like in that

Daily Show McDonnell commercial..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028810240

[thucythucy]

2. Well, you have to remember Germany and Russia

are long-time adversaries.

[jberryhill]

5. Not all of Germany

Recall that Ms. Merkel herself is from the former East Germany.

They know quite a bit about how Russian intelligence operates.

[thucythucy]

10. I see your point.

I was making a joke about Trump's bro-mance with Putin, and how it's the Germans, particularly Merkel, who most stands in Putin's way as he tries to dismantle the western alliance. I figure this might be why Trump is so hostile to Merkel.

There is also, of course, the fact that she's a powerful woman. He must find that awfully unsettling, considering his blatant sexism.

[BannonsLiver]

43. I got the joke and it made me chortle

[jberryhill]

72. It's no joke

Of all of the European leaders, Merkel is likely to have the most comprehensive information on Trump's dealings with Russia. They've been running their finances through German banks.

It has nothing to do with what's between her legs.

She told him what she knows, and that she knows it.

She now owns him as much as the Russians do.

[BannonsLiver]

86. Sigh...ok.

[LuckyLib]

110. That's right. Isn't Drumpf tied in with Deutsch

Bank?

She told him there are no surprises from where she sits!

[lindysalsagal]

57. Ouch!

Lol

[jberryhill]

3. She told him what she knows

Trump and the Russians have been laundering money through German banks.

She knows that, and probably much more due to the various connections to information sources maintained from the German inheritance of all of the former East German security personnel and relationships with others in the KGB.

[Tanuki]

8. Excellent point. She knows, and he knows that she knows.

I wish I could just "fast forward" to Trump's removal from office, skipping all the misery and damage to the country in between. And I know the damage will be colossal and hard to repair.

[smirkymonkey]

17. I hope that's it.

Otherwise I can't account for his behavior. It's unforgivable for him to behave that way toward another head of state.

I am really, really just shocked and disgusted.

[MFM008]

51. I know

Just when you think he's not a big enough asshole....he comes through.

[briv1016]

122. A major Geo-political and strategic ally non the less.

You think he has any idea that a lot of the critically wounded soldiers from the Iraq and Afghan wars were treated at military hospitals in Germany?

[monmouth4]

65. I awake each morning hoping for the breaking news bulletin that the POTUS has been arrested along

with members of his cabinet. How I would love it, dancing in the street time.

[Eyeball_Kid]

59. That sounds about right.

[C_U_L8R]

105. She probably saw the video too

With the goldenshowering Russian prostitutes.
That'll put some zany humor into any meetup.

[Blue_Roses]

116. How do you know this?

Link?

[jberryhill]

123. What do you mean by "this"?

The German bank probes are common knowledge: https://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/money-laundering-russia-donald-trump/1329/

[Blue_Roses]

124. Thanks for the link!

nt

[KittyWampus]

4. The new Leader of Democracy looking at the vile shitstain who sold the USA out

so he could get out of debt.

[GentryDixon]

24. You nailed it. eom

[get the red out]

39. +1

She is probably thinking what a vile shitstain he is too!

[bdamomma]

6. is he sleeping there or something?

oh he is truly an embarrassment to all of us and the world.

He is horrible, did he even say anything or is he pulling a Tillerson, he looks like a little juvenile.

WTF can we please remove him? she is looking right at him, she is probably thinking what a rude man he is. How utterly uncomfortable for her. I like Angela Merkel.

[Raine1967]

9. Here is some AWKWARD video from CBS:

Link to tweet

[Arkansas Granny]

16. OMG, he wouldn't even make eye contact. What an embarrassment!

[Raine1967]

19. I am waiting for the joint Presser, have it ready to go on my tablet and

I have to believe someone is telling him to get his sh*t together.

That was really REALLY bad optics.

[asiliveandbreathe]

37. Maybe he was told to keep his hands to himself....

just sayin' -

[dixiegrrrrl]

42. Look at his body language....

He is leaning slightly away from her, and leaned a bit more when she said something to him.
His hands and arms are closing his body off.
she, on the other hand, is leaning towards him, very relaxed and trying to be pleasant.

Is he mad or afraid..hard to tell..he IS terse and not even smiling. Sheesh.

[Arkansas Granny]

61. He is not comfortable at all. He kept fidgeting with his hands like he wanted to get up and run.

[LuckyLib]

112. He looks like he's on the throne.

[panader0]

82. Definately mad, stark raving mad.

[uponit7771]

100. afraid, me thinks Benedict Donald feels dominated by some women

[Achilleaze]

20. no class (R)

what a lout the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief is...

[underpants]

25. Woman weak! Me strong!

[Blanks]

49. Her leg is crossed toward him...

And she is smiling. While he sits there all slumped and intimidated looking.

He is clearly not up to this 'head of state' thing.

[uponit7771]

99. The body language contrast is stark, he's looking dominated

[Blanks]

107. He does look dominated...

And I saw the clip of the joint press conference and she has an expression reminiscent of the expression of the Japanese PM (after Trump finally let go of his hand) when he made his statement about them having something in common.

She did not look impresssed.

[WePurrsevere]

55. Hmm... To me it looks like he was sulking...

She mostly looks more amused than annoyed, like a parent/teacher being tolerant of a 5 yr old in a snit because he can't have the toy he wants.

Is she cutting into his weekend golfing at Mar-a-Lago or what?

[anneboleyn]

95. Yep. He looks like a pouting three year old. Again.

[Demsrule86]

11. I am so embarrassed to share nationality with this evil rude misogynistic

excuse for a president.

[amuse bouche]

12. He's such a vile disgusting pig.

[Kingofalldems]

13. Quadruple chinned bastard.

[GoCubsGo]

83. He has no neck!

[dalton99a]

14. He looks and acts like a fucking asshole.

[uncle ray]

119. i have a hypothesis for this.

he is an asshole.

[Arkansas Granny]

15. At least he didn't grab her by her lady bits.

After GWB's shoulder rub, Merkel may have had some misgivings about meeting Trump.

[Vinca]

21. The Leader of the Free World and the orange idiot.

[Javaman]

22. he's senile. nt

[NWCorona]

23. The joint press conference is more than 30 mins late. I wonder why that is

[randome]

26. 50 minutes late now. Maybe The Doltish One locked himself in his bedroom and won't come out?

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[randome]

29. Here we go. Finally.

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[NWCorona]

31. Body language will be everything!!

[SummerSnow]

27. She didn't go along with his bull shit policies

[get the red out]

28. Does he ever shake hands with women?

Or does that imply too much equality for him to stomach?

What a damned moron we have farting up the Oval Office.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

80. Maybe he's afraid if they take a good look at his hands....

....they'll assume the worst.

[anneboleyn]

90. Yes, he does - Hillary, Theresa May (and he HELD HER HAND LATER), Gorsuch's wife, etc

He does not do his dumb arm yank with women. He shook Hillary's hand (she approached him) at at least one of the debates. I don't believe they shook hands at the last debate though.

[get the red out]

118. Thanks

He has such disdain for women, that I really didn't know if he would shake their hands.

[smirkymonkey]

111. FFS, Even Muslim heads of state shake hands with her.

WTF is wrong with him. This guy is a fucking 3 year old child.

[bullimiami]

30. What an arrogant d!*k trump is.

[JHan]

32. Jesus Christ.

[asiliveandbreathe]

33. Was this before or after the laddy from Ireland laid him

out in clover!!!!!! - what do pootie and drumpf have cookin' -

[randome]

34. Holy fuck! After saying 'vocational training' he said, "Important words."

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[Thomas Hurt]

35. Donnie is probably an abusive control freak

He hates women he can't charm, order around or check to see how she is voting.

Merkel is another Clinton. He can't handle it.

[smirkymonkey]

63. That's exactly what I was thinking.

I just caught some of the press conference in the kitchen at work just now and the look on his face was EXACTLY the look he had on his face when he was debating Clinton. Like he couldn't stand to be in the same room with her or like he wanted to hit her. It was so rude and disrespectful I couldn't believe it.

God I so hate that fucking bastard!

[uponit7771]

101. +1

[randome]

38. He's talking about other countries paying us for NATO protection!

Good God, he's an embarrassment.
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[Initech]

40. Imagine if this had been Obama or Hillary.

The GOP would be screaming for their heads right about now. I can't take much more of this.

[Thrill]

41. Women who voted Trump?

See how he continues to treat women. Keep going to his rallies praising him tho

[CanonRay]

44. She's a woman, therefore she can never be Trump's equal

it's written all over his ugly face.

[Nonhlanhla]

120. She is not his equal

She is superior to him, by far...

[NWCorona]

45. That was some expert shade by Merkel at the start.

[sunonmars]

47. Has the people skills of a 10 week old loaf of bread......

[randome]

48. You can tell he's not even listening, just smiling and nodding based on her inflections.

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[Judi Lynn]

53. The bulging eyes, looking as if he's dying, are a nice touch. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

50. He doesn't grasp the whole thing is larger than just him.

Someone needs to tell him the White House is not HIS house. There's supposed to be something more going on than a visit by the German President to HIS house, against his will.

If he can't cope with official situations, maybe he can send someone to represent him as a guest host! How about Arnold Schwarzenegger?

[randome]

52. Feed keeps cutting out, both on TPM and NBCNews.

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[spiderpig]

56. I've simply run out of profanities when it comes to this creature.

I applaud An-jel-uh Merkel for managing not to in his presence.

[lindysalsagal]

62. Looking forward to the German headlines tomorrow.

[Tanuki]

75. This might help

https://m.dict.cc/english-german/dolt.html

[blm]

78. LOLOLOLOL!

.

[lunasun]

64. He is going to talk bullcrap about her tomorrow to his base so doesn't want to be seen shaking hands

[spiderpig]

69. It takes foreign press to pin our Asshat in Chief to the wall

I shudder to think how we look on the world stage. And this is after 8 years of Raygun and 8 of Shrub.

[onecent]

66. She looks quite wonderful sitting there in a proper form. HE, on the

other hands is an embarrassing asshole!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lpbk2713]

67. Caption Merkel ... "You really ARE an asshole, aren't you."

[Javaman]

68. OMG, this just occured to me. could tRump be this petty? probably yes.

his asshole grandfather was kicked out of Germany and told never to return again because he went AWOL.

[samnsara]

71. omg she intimidates that man!!!!!

[gopiscrap]

77. Remember he hates women

except when he can use and abuse them

[hopeforchange2008]

79. Pouter-in-Chief - It's because he realized he's a intellectually-challenged maggot comparatively

and she's a girl, too!

[Dawson Leery]

81. Look at that face.

She knows much about Trump's crimes.

[L. Coyote]

87. This says it all:

[okieinpain]

88. the picture and story has to be fake, come on man

this shit can't get any worse. please tell me this is a joke.

[subterranean]

96. I wish I could tell you it's a joke, but it's very real.

Watch the video. The reporters were saying "Handshake? Handshake?" but trump did not respond at all. Then Merkel leaned over and said something to him (probably something like "They want us to shake hands&quot , but trump refused to even look at her. What an asshole.

[okieinpain]

109. this is horrifying. n/t.

[Squinch]

89. Somewhere he knows she has a LOT more clout than he does. And I wonder if she said

something that cut him down.

I hope so.

[Kimchijeon]

91. Ugh what an asshole.

[Denzil_DC]

92. That pic speaks of dominance.

Think what you want about Merkel's politics, but she's been round the block, and she's still standing.

Trump looks like he's still feeling the burn of being spanked over his loony tweeting and having to own up publicly to the fact he - supposed "leader of the free world" - has nothing but stupidity and rash petulance to offer.

I probably looked like that when I was five and had been caught out in a lie and wished I could just be anywhere else.

But I'd still have had the grace to shake her hand, because I was more mature than this asshole at age five than he'll ever be.

[elehhhhna]

94. Her hands, perfectly normal size for a woman, are larger than his

I think that's the problem

[Denzil_DC]

98. I don't think we could put together a thread

that truthfully listed all Donny boy's problems without crashing the DU servers!

[uponit7771]

102. +1

[workinclasszero]

93. What a piece of trash

Its so embarrassing that no class schoolyard bully is our so-called President.

That's a low way to treat the leader of the free world, Dolt 45!

[steve2470]

97. Fucking rude POS, I think he was angry at her

I think he tried to push her around with various demands, and she told him what's what. He was sulking.

[Warpy]

103. His trick of grab and jerk wouldn't play well

I'm just surprised the Boor in Chief realized it in time.

Asshole.

[C_U_L8R]

104. Baby On Board

Needs to be posted on the Presidential limo

[doc03]

106. She is the enemy, his budy Putin is trying to unseat her. Trump and Putin

want to install a fascist government there too.

[Cha]

113. He's too stupid to know he's doing her a BIG FAVOR!

[Gothmog]

121. Trump lacks class and is not fit to be POTUS