Donald Trump dapped up Shinzo Abe upon the Japanese Prime Minister’s arrival at the White House Friday afternoon, an act which appeared to confuse MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell.

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“As you noted,” she explained to her audience. “With that warm greeting was a double hug and two hands on a handshake.”

“That was a very warm personal greeting,” Mitchell continued. “When you say, Peter, that the president hasn’t in the past, this president [has greeted] two foreign leaders [upon arrival].”

“Obviously what we mean is in the past that presidents usually don’t come out to greet their foreign guests. This is certainly a gesture of respect in the Trump style as we see it evolving.”

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