Trump Actually Wiped a ‘Little Piece of Dandruff’ Off French President Macron and Twitter Facepalmed
Not the time, Donald.
President Donald Trump, a self-proclaimed germaphobe, wiped a “piece of dandruff,” as he put it, off the face of French President Emmanuel Macron. During a photo spray. In the Oval Office.
“We have to make him perfect,” Trump said by way of explanation. “He is perfect.”
For his part, Macron took the rude gesture in stride, smiling good-naturedly as Trump flicked his chin multiple times.
Twitter, to say the least, raised a collective eyebrow at the gesture:
No, this isn’t an SNL skit, it’s Trump telling Macron he has dandruff on his suit and wiping it off pic.twitter.com/uJd33tRvYv
— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) April 24, 2018
2017 power move: Dominate foreign leader with outrageous public handshake
2018 power move: Publicly comment on foreign leader's possibly imaginary dandruff, wipe it off his shoulder— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 24, 2018
If there's anything that strengthens relations between two countries, it's pointing out dandruff pic.twitter.com/KPxnrvtp5o
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) April 24, 2018
Hold on: Did President Trump just wipe a piece of dandruff from the lapel of Macron? Or was I hallucinating?
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) April 24, 2018
Aggressive handshakes have been replaced by brushing off flakes of dandruff as Trump-Macron alpha moves
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) April 24, 2018
Trump just announced to the world that he's such great pals with the French President that he could reach over & brush a bit of dandruff off his coat for him if he wanted to, and then proceeded to do just that. Oy.
Trump is an international embarrassment.@realDonaldTrump
— Ron Asher (@rmasher2) April 24, 2018
That’s gotta be the first time a prez has dusted off dandruff at a photo op w another foreign head of state.
— Anna Palmer (@apalmerdc) April 24, 2018
Watch the awkwardness above, via CNN.
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