--- title: Poland First Lady Passes by Trump's First Handshake Attempt description: Poland's First Lady, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, declined to shake President Trump's hand at first. canonical: https://time.com/4847276/donald-trump-agata-kornhauser-duda-handshake/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-06T16:14:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T06:04:29.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Poland's First Lady Pass By Trump's First Attempt at a Handshake og:description: Another Trump handshake moment attracts scrutiny. og:url: https://time.com/4847276/donald-trump-agata-kornhauser-duda-handshake/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60de745d5c64013e/6988d49e656a3f05f0bd0b5b/gettyimages-809382376.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3222 og:image:height: 1812 og:image:alt: POLAND-US-DIPLOMACY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Poland's First Lady Pass By Trump's First Attempt at a Handshake twitter:description: Another Trump handshake moment attracts scrutiny. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60de745d5c64013e/6988d49e656a3f05f0bd0b5b/gettyimages-809382376.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Poland's First Lady Pass By President Trump's First Attempt at a Handshake > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:04 AM UTCPublished: Jul 6, 2017 4:14 PM UTC  US President Donald Trump (L) and US First Lady Melania Trump (R) react after stepping off Air Force One upon their arrival at Chopin Airport in Warsaw,on July 5, 2017 US President Donald Trump (L) and US First Lady Melania Trump (R) react after stepping off Air Force One upon their arrival at Chopin Airport in Warsaw,on July 5, 2017 WOJTEK RADWANSK—AFP/Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:04 AM UTCPublished: Jul 6, 2017 4:14 PM UTC [President Trump](http://time.com/4846736/donald-trump-poland-speech/) drew international headlines for [declining to shake the hand](http://time.com/4705483/president-trump-angela-merkel-handshake/?iid=sr-link4) of German Chancellor Angela Merkel when she visited the White House earlier this year. Now it seems the tables have turned. Poland’s First Lady, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, appears to have at first passed by Trump’s offer of a handshake during his visit to Warsaw. The President and [First Lady Melania Trump ](http://time.com/4832219/donald-melania-trump-mnuchin-wedding/)were standing on stage with Polish President Andrzej Duda, and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda Thursday in Warsaw. As the four were exiting the stage, Trump and Andrzej Duda exchange a handshake. He then extended his hand to Agata Kornhauser-Duda, who promptly ignores the gesture, opting instead to simply shake Melania Trump’s hand, before turning to shake the President’s hand after all. This handshake is [one of several](http://time.com/4797283/trump-handshakes-emmanuel-macron-justin-trudeau-neil-gorsuch/?iid=sr-link1) Trump has exchanged since he was inaugurated that has gone viral or been scrutinized. In addition to the incident with Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron’s knuckles famously turned white after he shook Trump’s hand at the G-7 meeting, which he later characterized as a “moment of truth.” The President’s handshakes with [Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau](http://time.com/4669566/justin-trudeau-donald-trump-washington-handshake/?iid=sr-link3) and [Japanese Prime Shinzo Abe](http://time.com/4722468/china-xi-jinping-donald-trump-florida-mar-a-lago-north-korea/?iid=sr-link2) were also the subject of thorough handshake analyses on the internet. 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