Melania Trump pulls face after shaking Vladimir Putin's hand

Putin can be seen smiling and nodding in the clip as he is introduced to Melania by President Trump in Helsinki, Finland on Monday. Melania, who is a few inches taller than the ex-spy strongman, also smiles during the handshake in an apparently natural way. But as soon as Putin releases her hand and diverts his attention elsewhere, Melania pulls a bizarre face representing what appears to be her shock or horror. She widens her eyes and wobbles her head as the camera looks directly at her. The video has now gone viral, prompting an outpouring of astonishment and confusion on Twitter. It comes after President Trump sought to clarify comments he made during the press conference with Putin. He was widely attacked for appearing to side with Putin rather than his own intelligence agencies over the Russian state's involvement in hacking the Democratic Party during the 2016 election.

[winkle]

Pitiful that you consider this worthy of scandal.

[FlowerTrollSan]

I love how these media are reading way too much into Melania's expressions and body language. 😂 She's Eastern European, we only smile when we have to (such as when shaking someone's hand, as seen here), otherwise we prefer to be serious. That's why you see Melania changing face expressions often, in her head she probably goes "Oh right, it's the stupid media, I have to smile, again..."

[eng]

Everyone in the Daily mail office needs to lay off the hard drugs for a bit

[mw]

Called personal relations !! Smiles and shakes hand very appropriate and gracious !!

[ИванИванов-хжщ]

I see nothing pulling. She just turned her face towards cameras and smiled again to journalists

[Freedommjw]

She just looks understandably nervous. Geez...🙄

[monkeydhammock]

Okay great, now callout Trump for the way he blinks his eyes, the way he breathes, and the way he walks. Smh. I mean i know you guys need content to upload but this kinda stuff lmao like really?

[spaceforceal]

Melania holds the title Queen of Russia. It is her family lineage. She is well loved by the Russian people.

[johnsmith-kyqg]

Melania is probably doing what all public figures do when they think they are off camera for a while...relaxing the smile muscles.
As soon as she sees the camera back toward her she switches on the smile again. All I see is Melania carrying out her task of looking pretty and smiling. She is probably bored stiff. There have been an awful lot of these functions which I doubt that she attends because they fascinate her.

[osivan]

When a ex Yugoslavia citizen meets an ex member of KGB, horror

[robertbenton]

Nothing happened))
After a pleasant part, a handshake, Melania's just concentrated at the official part: photo shooting - so simple!

[baraskparas]

She didn't pull a face. She was most charming and gracious.

[shirley]

Shock horror, let's all wet our selves

[cjolsen]

Pulls face? ? ? What the HELL is that suppose to mean. Are you kidding me? Have people lost the damn minds? Is this really the kind of minds allowed to vote?

[stilllearning]

That's the end of daily mail for me. Pure C.R.A.P.

[viklad]

Be the First Lady hard work. Let's wish her to be strong.

[yasmineali]

She just looks nervous...I dont know why the media is on about this.

[yourworstnightmareever]

dat really is how love at first sight really looks like 😂

[СветланаКаменская-хе]

Думаете вы бы выглядели достойнее? Вы ошибаетесь. А Миланья Гут.

[americantexmex]

Or maybe she is wondering why Michelle Obama was never scrutinized, judged or talked about unless it was of her holiness.