Trump’s long – President Donald Trump gave France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron an unexpectedly long handshake at the 52nd G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains on Monday, months after he made unusual comments about her marriage. The moment, captured on video, followed a quick handsha
President Donald Trump leaned into what looked like his familiar, tug-of-war-style handshake with Brigitte Macron at the 52nd G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, on Monday—turning what should have been a brief greeting into something awkward and drawn out.
The summit was postponed by one day to accommodate the UFC fights at the White House. When Trump arrived on Monday, he first gave French President Emmanuel Macron a quick, firm handshake. He then turned his attention to Brigitte Macron. offering a handshake that stretched far beyond what most people would expect in a formal setting.
In the video clip, Trump’s hand appears to stay clasped for nearly fifteen seconds. Then, as he seems to let go, Brigitte Macron pauses for a moment—hesitating as if unsure whether the handshake is truly over. She finally moves her hand away and places it on her handbag.
If the exchange was the only time Brigitte Macron is shown on camera enduring this specific version of Trump’s handshake, it still landed with extra weight because of what came before it. The encounter follows months after Trump made odd comments about her marriage.
In April, Trump spoke to the press while criticizing U.S. allies for not providing support to the United States and Israel in the war against Iran. He said: “I called up France. Macron. whose wife treats him extremely badly. [he is] still recovering from the right to the jaw.” The remarks were possibly in reference to a 2025 video that has since been dismissed by the French President and appears to show Brigitte Macron shoving Trump’s face as he departs a plane in Vietnam.
Emmanuel Macron responded to Trump’s April remarks by calling them “neither elegant nor up to standard,” while refusing to comment further and adding that “they do not merit a response.”
The handshake itself also echoed a pattern. Emmanuel Macron and Trump shared a similar tug-of-war style handshake that lasted 26 seconds in October 2025—two seconds shorter than their 2017 handshake standoff. At this G7 meeting. the moment with Brigitte Macron played out for nearly fifteen seconds on camera. but it carried the same uneasy familiarity: a pause long enough for someone else’s body language to give away the discomfort.
The scene at Évian-les-Bains captured the collision between spectacle and protocol—Trump’s handshake behaving like a performance cue, and Brigitte Macron’s reaction registering just as clearly in the silence after the grip finally breaks.
Trump’s encounter with Brigitte Macron came in the same week that the G7’s schedule shifted by a day. with the summit moved to accommodate UFC fights at the White House. By the time the leaders and their families gathered in France. the focus—at least on camera—was not on the agenda. but on a handshake that refused to be brief.
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Fifteen seconds is wild, like what was he trying to prove?
This is why people hate Trump. He always makes stuff weird on camera and then everyone acts surprised. Handshakes should not be a whole drama.
Wait so the summit got postponed for UFC at the White House? I thought it was just like regular politics stuff. Also maybe she hesitated because she didnt want to touch him too long?? idk, handshakes are awkward sometimes.
All I’m hearing is “odd comments about her marriage” and then a long handshake… seems connected. Like if he said that jaw/right-to-the-jaw thing or whatever, then of course the handshake is gonna be tense. But also could be nothing, she’s probably just thinking about her handbag lol. Either way it looks bad, and these clips get blown up.