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Body language was being closely watched as the Group of 20 leaders exchanged greetings, posed for a “family†photo and sat down for a working lunch.
Trump’s initial handshake with Russian President Vladimir Putin was held out of view of news cameras, but the German Cabinet posted a video snippet on its Facebook page. In it, Putin smiles and points a finger a Trump, and the U.S. president claps him on the shoulder.
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As leaders met for a working lunch at the Hamburg summit, Trump had something of a tug-of-war-style handshake with French P resident Emmanuel Macron, though not as extreme as their talked-about encounter in Brussels two months ago. In May, the two shared a protracted, white-knuckle gripping of hands, and Macron told a French newspaper later that it was no accident â€" he had intended to signal he wouldn't be pushed around.
Friday’s version was milder, with Trump pulling Macron’s hand toward his chest and clasping it there.
At the working lunch, soon before his much-anticipated meeting with the Russian leader, Trump was seated not far from Putin, but the two did not appear to make eye contact.
Earlier, getting ready to pose for a group photo on a sweeping staircase, Trump took his place in the front rank without incident. In Brussels, he had appeared to shove Montenegro’s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic out of the way as the leaders were getting ready for the photo shoot, a scene that was widely shared on social media.
At the lunch, Trump also demonstrated some casual chemist ry with China’s President Xi Jinping, giving him a friendly pat on the back as the two were sitting down. The president has been trying to enlist China’s help in reining in North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, especially after the North successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile this week.
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