The US First Lady introduces her husband on stage -He thanks her with a handshake....

[riversedge]

I saw this video--on a show last evening--the focus I think was just on what trump was doing yesterday. Anyway, I noticed the handshake-did a double take, just thought it was strange. Now I ran across an article on the clip.



The US First Lady introduces her husband on stage at an event at Joint Base Andrews. He thanks her with a handshake.

Link to tweet

Donald Trump doesn’t appear to recognize Melania when he sees her

http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/melania-forget-donald/4956/

Updated: 9:08 pm EDT Fri Sep 15, 2017


Over the past months, Donald Trump’s words and behavior have suggested that he’s suffering from worsening cognitive failures. He can’t complete a coherent sentence. He gets confused and wanders off repeatedly. Even his friends have begun publicly pushing conspiracy theories to try to explain away his deteriorating condition. Now it appears Trump may have even forgotten who Melania is. No, seriously.

Melania Trump introduced Donald Trump during a public event today, while he was standing about six feet from her. He then walked over to her and extended his hand for a handshake, which is not how anyone ever greets their spouse. She momentarily appeared to be taken aback by the fact that her husband was trying to shake her hand instead of embracing her. Watch the video of the bizarre incident below (link):

Some will suggest that perhaps their marriage is in such bad shape, they’re no longer even willing to share something as intimate as a hug. But that notion would seem to be nullified by Melania’s confusion when Donald tried to shake her hand; she was clearly expecting a different kind of embrace. Moreover, even when public figures are struggling in their marriages, they tend to have the sense to fake it in public. Instead, this simply came across as Donald Trump forgetting that Melania was his wife, and reaching out shake her hand as if she were any other staffer introducing him. This fits into a larger recent pattern...................................................

[Bleacher Creature]

1. Here's how it's done.

https://m.

[treestar]

14. Malia and Jill fighting tears

Such a difference! !

[smirkymonkey]

21. Oh, now THAT is a man!

Brought tears to my eyes. I am just in awe of them. They are such a beautiful family. If I could ever find a man like Barack, I would marry him.

[Bleacher Creature]

24. Trump's election was a really traumatic event.

And losing the Obamas was a highly traumatic event.

But having those two events occur together, i.e., going directly from Obama to Trump, is basically end of days bad!

[dalton99a]

2. "Great intro, nice looking chest, whoever you are"

[GallopingGhost]

12. .

[louis-t]

3. He doesn't know how to act in public.

It's as simple as that.

[struggle4progress]

4. The course of true love never did run smooth

[enough]

5. It's her clothes. She's wearing something sort of uniformish, nothing like her usual getup.

I also like how he almost pushes her off center-stage after the handshake. Both of them look completely clueless.

[JDC]

6. That relationship is all business.

But perhaps he just has lost memory if who she is.

[HipChick]

7. He shoved her off stage too...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4890642/Trump-awkwardly-shakes-Melania-s-hand.html#v-5798817511875167842

[Vinca]

8. Well, she is getting a little long in the tooth for the Donald.

Almost time for a trade-in.

[mcar]

9. That was...odd

[Polly Hennessey]

10. Odd, indeed.

I believe he told her to go sit down at the end of her introduction. She looked a tad nonplussed.

[rurallib]

11. she's the wife, not the girlfriend.

[toddwv]

13. Thank you very much Mrs. Trump for that great introduction. Now get out of my spotlight.

[treestar]

15. That's not Ivanka

Weird, maybe he remembered how she swatted his hand away and thought she might do something similar?

[nolabear]

16. I actually will venture a professional opinion on this one.

I think when he's nervous or has no idea what he's doing he dissociates. His mind divides into the automatic response part, which handles thing automatically, and the fantasizing, ruminating part, which is where most of the juice of ones actual self is. It's like driving a car and wondering why you don't actually recall much of the last few minutes, even though you drove perfectly safely under the guidance of the automatic part of you.

I think you can see him move in and out of that dissociated state in his speeches. It's the difference between the prewritten, approved zombie he-must-be-drugged performances and the bile and spit ones, which reflect his real interests and his sense of connection to what he's saying. You can literally see him come and go (so true...so true...) when something in the zombie speeches intersects with what he really connects to.

And yes, it's a real problem. Personally, not professionally, I don't think he understands half of what's going on unless it connects with his few core complaints, i.e. What a great job creator he is, how terrific he is, how he must be protected from anyone who doesn't think he's great, how unfair and dishonest anyone who doesn't think he's great is, etc. You can see him zone out when others are talking about any but a small range of thing. He nods and mouths "thank you" and other non-sequitors which are what one does to look like they're there.

Zombie President is not someone I want making decisions.

[ProgressiveValue]

23. I think you nailed it, especially the driving analogy.

[mnhtnbb]

17. That is very strange.

Definitely has a back story.

[3catwoman3]

18. If I were Melania (perish the thought), I would much...

...prefer a handshake to anything other kind of touch from the creep.

[onethatcares]

19. he was waiting to hear his name

that's all that mattered to him. Whoever introduced him was of no concern..

why are our military at his political event?

[oasis]

20. Something she'll remind him of when it's time for "beddie-bye".

[smirkymonkey]

22. Very cold.

Something is very off there. Of course, if I were her, I wouldn't want anything more intimate than a handshake either.