If Being the President...

means you have to pre-emptively practice and master the "traditional" group handshake*, whereby each man crosses his arms in front of himself and reaches out to the men next to him -- despite their size -- in a gesture of togetherness and humanity, then I am glad our president made this appear as uncomfortable as it looks.

Why not just hold hands -- your right hand in my left hand, my right hand in the left hand of the next guy standing next to me -- without having to make it look like an international game of Twister?

If this is the only thing the media can complain that President Trump got wrong today, then we are... in good hands!

The president first crossed his hands in front of him, and then, after glancing at the leaders on either side, made a second attempt, this time lifting his arms outward, according to an Associated Press report.

Finally, Trump alighted on the correct pose: He strained to reach the hand of the far shorter Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on his left and completed the maneuver with a wincing grimace.

(The Russian guy on the left appears to me to be the smartest and most comfortable one in the pack...)
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* Wait, don't tell me... the liberals see this, and really miss Obama.

Say, now that the Cook County jury-duty stunt is over (did anyone really expect him to get picked?), has anyone heard when Barry O. will be appearing on Dancing with the Stars? He'll rack up another win there, surely!