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Trump and Merkel met again, finally shook hands, and took some pretty awkward photos

Veronika Bondarenko   

Trump and Merkel met again, finally shook hands, and took some pretty awkward photos
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Matthias Schrader (Associated Press)

President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands in Hamburg, Germany.

A day before world leaders descend on Germany for the highly anticipated G20 summit, President Donald Trump met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in her hometown.

As Trump and Merkel don't see eye-to-eye on some issues, many expected the latest meeting between the two foremost world leaders to be tense.

After Trump failed to shake Merkel's hand on her visit to the White House, the world was watching to see what would happen this time.

The photos perfectly capture the awkwardness of the encounter:


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