Emmanuel Macron, the French president, and Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, have appeared to mock Donald Trump’s handshake.

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It’s just one of the many things about the Republican and US president-elect which irritates other world leaders, and now, French president Emmanuel Macron and Polish prime minister Donald Tusk have poked fun at Donald Trump’s rather assertive way of shaking someone’s hand.

One poster, called Democratic Wins Media, said: “Stunning new footage shows Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk, the leaders of France and Poland respectively, mocking Donald Trump’s handshake.

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