Remember Trump’s first trip abroad as President when the media made a major story out of the first lady batting the president’s hand away on a tarmac in Israel? Well, Trump is now on a trip to Europe and some people in the media are very excited over this incident in Poland:
LEGEND pic.twitter.com/UGKw0XWpPv
— David Lewis (@davidclewis) July 6, 2017
Did you catch it? Poland’s first lady walked past Trump, who extended his hand, and she didn’t shake it. Commence the freak-out and claims this was and intentional diss of the president!
Oh look, another very awkward moment between Trump and a foreign leader https://t.co/JJw0aRIong
— Esquire (@esquire) July 6, 2017
The look on Pres. Trump's face when the Polish First Lady walks past him says it all. Diss! Sad! https://t.co/rZq8kArAit
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) July 6, 2017
It’s really just one garbage site after another spreading the same fake news:
The First Lady of Poland totally snubbed Trump's handshake, to the delight of everyone https://t.co/ZQtxBUCtfM pic.twitter.com/g5MMqQBMq3
— UPROXX (@UPROXX) July 6, 2017
Watch Poland’s first lady reject President Trump’s first attempt at a handshake https://t.co/RAI375rF6F pic.twitter.com/ElY0UCamsC
— TIME (@TIME) July 6, 2017
WATCH: Trump's handshake gets curved by Polish president's wife https://t.co/Lj2lKwBWez pic.twitter.com/zzqBM12mBY
— The Root (@TheRoot) July 6, 2017
Donald Trump owned by Polish president's wife 'Handshake? 'No thanks' https://t.co/YGFEIUAFS4 pic.twitter.com/QeQm21yr3C
— The Poke (@ThePoke) July 6, 2017
Poland’s First Lady snubs Trump handshake (Video) https://t.co/kEFA08dW0Y pic.twitter.com/zYicDL6hmk
— SFGate (@SFGate) July 6, 2017
Polish First Lady snubs Trump in handshake photo-op fail pic.twitter.com/7Chb4eAJex
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) July 6, 2017
Watch Donald Trump gaze into the abyss after being rejected on a handshake https://t.co/9AnduexO8y pic.twitter.com/W1GC4BQBv5
— The A.V. Club (@TheAVClub) July 6, 2017
WATCH IT: First Lady of Poland snubs President Trump’s attempted handshake https://t.co/ej7lbrD3Ar pic.twitter.com/48LMA0glPv
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) July 6, 2017
Polish first lady becomes instant internet hero with diss of Donald Trump: https://t.co/duFdkjQxat pic.twitter.com/dXpGU3umdW
— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) July 6, 2017
HuffPost is, of course, on it:
That Donald Trump snub on loop
pic.twitter.com/1lQrzbzu7R
— George Bowden (@georgebowden) July 6, 2017
And of course, some at CNN are joining in this nonsense:
OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD https://t.co/Ngdtuuu21q
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) July 6, 2017
The bit highlighted by David Lewis above (currently almost 10,000 retweets) cuts off after the first ladies shake hands. What it doesn’t show is that immediately after shaking Melania’s hand, the Polish first lady turned back to Trump and shook his hand as well. Trump smiled and said something to her and then waved to the crowd. As NBC’s Bradd Jaffy points out, it’s obvious what happened here:
Folks, Poland's first lady did not diss Trump's handshake attempt. She was looking at Melania, shook her hand, then shook Trump's. Stop. pic.twitter.com/ta8DNsv0Th
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 6, 2017
There was no diss. No one was owned. The Polish first lady didn’t see Trump’s hand. That’s it. But there are a lot of garbage news sites out there desperate for any chance to claim Trump has been humiliated. I’m old enough to remember when wishing for the president to fail was considered bad form.
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