President Trump has offered his explanation as to why he's had such buzzworthy handshakes with French President Emmanuel Macron.

"He's a great guy — smart, strong, loves holding my hand," Trump said in an interview with the New York Times published Wednesday night.

Trump added: "People don't realize, he loves holding my hand — that's good!"

At Trump's first NATO summit, the two leaders locked hands in an intense handshake that turned their knuckles white.

Trump and Macron had a marathon handshake to end the U.S. president's trip to Paris last week.