Second presidential debate begins without a handshake
Snub heard 'round the country?
Just seconds into the second presidential debate Sunday night, there was a visible sign things had changed:
No handshake.
The #debate begins with no handshake between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton https://t.co/gW9606hlnO
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 10, 2016
Not that tensions weren’t already high going into the first debate, but Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump did at least greet each other and shake hands (as can be seen here). But following the previous 48 hours—which included leaked audio revealing lewd comments by Trump in 2005 and a brazen pre-debate press conference—there were no friendly courtesies.
The break in custom was certainly noticed by political journalists.
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