Donald Trump and the first lady of Poland just had the most awkward handshake

How does it feel, Donald?
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Donald Trump and the first lady of Poland just had the most awkward handshake
U.S. President Donald J. Trump and the first lady Melania Trump arrive at Hamburg Airport for the Hamburg G20 economic summit. Credit: Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images

Another day, another awkward Donald Trump handshake, this time with the first lady of Poland.

Donald and first lady Melania were greeted by Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, on Thursday, during Trump's trip to Europe.

Things seemed to be friendly enough, until it came time for the handshakes. (It's always the handshakes.) And let's just say the Polish first lady didn't seem too jazzed to make the U.S. president's acquaintance...

That video shows the Polish president and Trump shaking hands. Then, juuuuuuuust as it looks like the Polish first lady is going to reach for the U.S. president's extended hand, she decides to welcome Melania first.

However, that's not to say Kornhauser-Duda completely bypassed Trump. Seen from a new angle, it becomes clear that she simply greeted Melania first and then turned to shake hands with Donald.

Was the exchange a diss? Not so much. Was it yet another awkward handshake situation involving the Donald? Judge for yourself.

Trump, who was once reigning handshake champ, was recently bested by French president, Emmanuel Macron, so we fear he may be losing his touch. Sad!

UPDATE: July 6, 2017, 3:47 p.m. EDT A previous version of this story stated that Kornhauser-Duda ignored Trump. New video footage shows that the first lady of Poland greeted Melania first before moving on to greet Trump. The video has been added and the post has been updated to reflect the full exchange.

Later, Duda posted about the handshake stories and referenced one of Trump's favorite topics, fake news.

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