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Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron says his now famous white-knuckle handshake showdown with US counterpart Donald Trump was “a moment of truth” designed to show that he’s no pushover. [caption id=“attachment_3481123” align=“alignleft” width=“428”]  US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. AP[/caption] Macron told a Sunday newspaper in France that “my handshake with him, it wasn’t innocent.” “One must show that you won’t make small concessions, even symbolic ones, but also not over-publicise things, either,” Macron added. Macron’s office confirmed to The Associated Press the veracity of the president’s comments in Le Journal du Dimanche. At their first meeting, ahead of a NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, the two men locked hands for so long that knuckles started turning white. The French leader held the shake for a few seconds more. Both their jaws seemed to clench.
Emmanuel Macron says his now famous white-knuckle handshake showdown with Donald Trump was “a moment of truth” designed to show that he’s no pushover.
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