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Miles Archer

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Sun Mar 19, 2017, 08:43 PM Mar 2017

Trump gave Angela Merkel an alternative handshake? (Spicer: "I dont think he heard the question")

Donald Trump’s spokesman has denied that the US president refused to shake hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they sat side-by-side in the White House last week.

“I don’t think he heard the question” posed by Merkel when she suggested they shake hands, in full view of press cameras, spokesman Sean Spicer told German weekly Der Spiegel published Sunday.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-spokesman-denies-president-refused-to-shake-merkels-hand/
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Trump gave Angela Merkel an alternative handshake? (Spicer: "I dont think he heard the question") (Original Post) Miles Archer Mar 2017 OP
oh, ok, he just spaced out. that's really reassuring. great quality in a president. unblock Mar 2017 #1
...... Lucinda Mar 2017 #2
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