President Donald Trump’s eight-day visit to multiple countries, which will be his first overseas trip as president, is fully underway – but one particular thing from the trip has grabbed the Internet’s attention. Two separate times on the trip, FLOTUS Melania Trump has appeared to refuse to hold Donald’s hand – and people are freaking out over the video evidence.
On Monday, the Trumps landed in Tel Aviv for their two-day trip to Israel. The cameras caught them leaving Air Force One and walking down a red carpet to greet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – and as POTUS offers the first lady his hand, she aggresively swats it away. (And I’m not going to lie, it looks pretty purposeful.)
Well this is embarassing https://t.co/XaPL1AbCm5 pic.twitter.com/mumhuQHDFz
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) May 22, 2017
It clearly wasn’t a one-time thing, either. As they deplaned in Rome on Tuesday, things got equally cringe-y when Donald attempted to hold Melania’s hand and was rebuffed again as she reached up to fix her hair instead.
When in Rome… pic.twitter.com/QnW7bl4IRg
— Amanda Wills (@AmandaWills) May 23, 2017
Awk. While People reports that the Trumps have been seen holding hands at other parts on the trip, this definitely raises some questions, and for obvious reasons, the incidents went viral. TBH, in any case, it looks like FLOTUS really isn’t having it with the hand-holding.