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So, Trump's Handshake With The Japanese Prime Minister Got Pretty Weird

So, Trump's Handshake With The Japanese Prime Minister Got Pretty Weird
Maxwell Strachan
The President of these United States of America met with the Prime Minister of Japan on Friday. They discussed some stuff. Then, they shook hands. And that's when things just got kind of objectively weird.

The best part of the 19-second handshake was probably the end, when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe made a facial expression that was all like, "WHAAAAAAAAT. Was that?" And we were all like, "Uh, yeah. What was that?"