Dealing with the Trump Handshake
Trump and Putin, 2018 How does a high-ranking judoka handle President Trump's handshake? Introduction Trump and Gorsuch, 2017 I'm fascinated by how world leaders and other officials deal with President Trump's handshake. Today I saw footage from a press conference hosted by Presidents Trump and Putin in Helsinki from 2018, and I got to see how a high-ranking judoka reacts. Background Warning: this is not a political post. It's a post about movement, balance, and technique. If you're not familiar with President Trump's handshake style, the story Donald Trump's strange handshake style and how Justin Trudeau beat it is a good overview. A jiu-jitsu school's technique for defeating the Trump handshake also caught the attention of Vice News . I'm going to concentrate on the standing handshake in this post. A so-called "movement expert" claims in this video that Trump is showing "affection" via his handshake style. I think Mr Trum...