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March 19, 2015

Cringe City: Irish Prime Minister’s Non-Handshake With Obama [Video]

Politicians love a good handshake for the cameras, but it gets all kinds of awkward when Irish PM Enda Kenny gets left hanging and tries to play it cool.

We’ve all had them before. You go in for the fist bump, the other party thinks it’s one of those ‘hand-slap into half hug’ things, what happens is an awkward exchange where you kind of bump each other’s shoulders and glance nervously around hoping no one saw the fiasco.

Well someone who wasn’t so lucky was Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny. You see, when you’re sat next to Barack Obama people tend to be paying attention, which makes the video up top even more cringeworthy.

Watch how he tries to play it off like he was just stretching out his hand to get some blood circulating.

We leave you with this compilation of wonderfully awkward political moments. It turns out they are good for something.

[source:mashable]