Handshakes of the Three Debates Explained

[mark_twain]

Before the 1st debate, Donald Trump was known as an ill-tempered, bigoted individual. But he was not publicly known as an indecent man, at least in regard to interactions with women.

So in the 1st debate, Hillary and Donald shook hands, in accordance with the regular protocols of debates. And they also shook hands after the debate. Both handshakes of the 1st debate were friendly and sincere.

Between the 1st and 2nd debates, Donald Trump was revealed to be indecent towards women, at least in words, but not necessarily in actions. This raised the suspicion that Trump had abusive interactions toward women physically, though it was not confirmed as such.

So in the 2nd debate, Hillary did not shake Donald's hand before the debate, out of suspicion that Trump's indecency may have also existed in actions, but there was enough doubt that she got around to shaking his hand after the debate.

Between the 2nd and 3rd debates, Donald Trump was revealed to not only be a pervert in words, but also actions. At this point, there was absolutely no reason for Hillary to shake Donald's hand in the last debate, either at the beginning or the end of the debate.

In fact, it would have been out of character for Hillary to shake Donald's hand at all in this 3rd debate, with the whole country knowing that Donald Trump is in fact a pervert, in both words and actions.

Hillary did the right thing by not shaking Donald's hand at all in the 3rd debate.

[eric82oslo]

Imagine how dirty those small hands of Trump must have been and how many pussies they have grabbed throughout his lifetime. Hillary had no guarantee that Trump hadn't grabbed Melania's pussy before the debate, so she made the right decision by not shaking his hand at any point.

[ProudModerate2]

After all the sh*t that trump has been saying.
And all the indecent behavior he is being accused of, I think if the Dem candidate was a man, it would make no difference ..... the Dem candidate would not move to shake the orange-haired slug's little hand.
I would not !

[Lolasknives]

He's a sick sick sick, sick, sick man. Hillary needed special treatment to get his orange slime off her hands. No sane person can fault her at all for avoiding another run in with his slimy sex offender paw. Part of me hopes he will say something monumentally stupid on election night so he can be put away in a place where he will never have human contact again. Ever.

Drumpf thrives on bullying and ass kissing. Take away human contact and we put him in hell. Lock away his soulless wife and his spoiled brats too. The Drumpf gene needs to be stomped out of human kind.

I hate this man and his nasty kids so so much. Anything less than a completely shattered ego that turns him into a miserable shell is too good for him. I want to watch him lose everything piece by piece if he is to remain a free citizen after this election, which looks very doubtful.

[emailking]

I think the reason they shook hands after the 2nd debate is that they had just given each other really nice compliments. But otherwise, things have gotten extremely personal since the first debate.

[mark_twain]

I think the reason they shook hands after the 2nd debate is that they had just given each other really nice compliments. But otherwise, things have gotten extremely personal since the first debate.

If bad personal feelings were the only issue at hand (no pun intended), Clinton still could have managed to do a cold handshake with her opponent, accompanied with a cold stare.

But the 3rd debate involved much more than that. This time, any amount of actual physical contact with such a dirty man as Donald Trump wouldn't have gone well with Clinton's supporters, or her own conscience, for that matter.

[ApatheticAustrian]

they are an insult to donald anyway since is known that he generally tries to avoid handshakes cause you get sick like that.

[mark_twain]

At the end of the Al Smith dinner, Trump managed to shake Clinton's hand one last time, when people were about to leave. She definitely looked very uncomfortable during that handshake.

Clinton was talking to the other guests around her and was getting ready to leave the dinner, when finally Trump reached over to shake her hand. Unfortunately for Clinton, she was trapped by the dinner tables and other guests (it was a crowded scene), so she was not able to escape the scene without shaking Donald's hand.

The handshake was caught on camera and shown on the front page of CNN this morning.

It was clearly an embarrassing moment for Clinton, but at least she performed well in her speech.