A handshake to remember.

President Donald Trump met with France’s newly elected president Emmanuel Macron Thursday in Brussels ahead of a NATO summit, and it was hard to miss the handshake between the two world leaders ― white knuckles and all.

“The two presidents, each wearing dark suits and blue ties (Trump’s was thick and royal blue; Macron’s was skinny and navy) sat in antique cream-upholstered arm chairs, with two American and French flags behind them,” the Washington Post’s White House reporter, Philip Rucker, described in an email. “They shook hands for an extended period of time. Each president gripped the other’s hand with considerable intensity, their knuckles turning white and their jaws clenching and faces tightening.”

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Look at the intensity.

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Trump reportedly tried to escape Macron’s grip twice, but to no avail. Twitter could tell the French president was ready for the interaction, which is no surprise, considering how POTUS’s handshakes have become a regular point of conversation ― mostly perplexed conversations.

Macron studied the tape, meets Trump shake for shake. pic.twitter.com/DYUlyaVSZ2 — ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 25, 2017

Trump meets his handshake match in Macron https://t.co/Ys3S4wChX1 pic.twitter.com/OApBZEWB5X — Bloomberg (@business) May 25, 2017

Trump doesn't know how to shake hands like a person so it is incredibly gratifying to see Macron grip his tiny hand like this pic.twitter.com/HiO466TmKJ — Adam (@adamjmoussa) May 25, 2017

Please God tell me Macron then invited Trump to compare the sizes of their electoral victories https://t.co/jbxQarrv23 — J.M. Berger (@intelwire) May 25, 2017

Macron taking no chances with the Trumpshake pic.twitter.com/S4mXD1IChn — Elena Cresci (@elenacresci) May 25, 2017

Macron is literally crushing Trump's hand in the battle of the NATO handshakes. There's a new kid in town.... pic.twitter.com/sSZKSGIpdi — John Fraher (@johnfraher) May 25, 2017