Visiting Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and US President Donald Trump greeted each other with Indian traditional way "Namaste". The visit happened at the White House yesterday where they praised the way of greetings and said the country is ahead of time.
When the reporters asked about why they did not shake hands, Trump said, "We did not shake hands today. We looked at each other and said what we are going to do. You know, sort of a weird feeling."
Irish Prime Minister who is of Indian Origin joined his palms did a Namaste pose and showed the reporters how he greeted the President.
Mr. Varadkar who spoke to the press said, "I have never been a big hand-shaker, you probably heard. But once you become a politician, shaking hands is very normal. It's a very strange feeling when people walk up and say 'hi'. It almost feels impersonal or feels like you're being rude, but we just can't afford to think like that for the next few weeks."
The US president also showed the Japanese way of greeting by bowing his head and said that India and Japan were ahead of time.
Trump said, "I just got back from India. And I did not shake any hands there. And it's very easy because they go like this." Saying this he again showed the greeting in a quick period.
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