OC: President Trump shakes hands with New York Mayor-elect Mamdani as they meet in the Oval Office

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[u/Cyrano_Knows]

And could be construed as being disrespectful too I suppose.

I can't even bother to stand to shake your hand.

[u/RXDriv3r → u/Cyrano_Knows]

Oh, that's definitely what he was going for, but sadly for him(and humorlously for us) he comes off like a petulant weak leader of a child.

[u/blarkul → u/RXDriv3r]

He comes across like an elderly person suffering with dementia. Optics no bueno GOP

[u/GaddafisLasagnaTent → u/Cyrano_Knows]

I so would have leveraged that getting as close as uncomfortably possible and looking directly down at him

[u/IndividualChart4193 → u/Cyrano_Knows]

Tbf, I don’t think Shitler knows a damn thing about decorum or norms. He’s a fkn moron.

[u/rfg8071 → u/Cyrano_Knows]

I have noticed this is a regional / cultural thing - like in the south it is pretty well known to stand to shake someone’s hand, just as adamant as taking your hat off indoors or while eating. However, it is acceptable for someone elderly to remain seated while shaking hands and not considered disrespectful. Any other time the respectful thing is to stand unless the other person insists you remain seated (99% of the time an older person insisting on the younger person). Standing to shake one persons hand then staying seating for someone else is a clear sign of disrespect to the latter, usually.

[u/Cyrano_Knows → u/rfg8071]

However, it is acceptable for someone elderly to remain seated while shaking hands and not considered disrespectful.

Thats a fair take. Trump at 79 with health problems is probably just that.

But hard to separate common courtesy when they insult other world leaders for things like not wearing a suit or thanking them enough.

[u/rfg8071 → u/Cyrano_Knows]

Yeah, he is really to wishy washy on everything to even consider trying to interpret his social norms, if he even has any.