Overview

• Video from the Sharm El-Sheikh gathering shows a prolonged, arm‑wrestle‑like handshake between President Trump and President Macron, echoing their widely noted long grips dating to 2017.
• Professional lip reader Nicola Hickling claimed the pair traded barbed lines during the handshake, including a warning attributed to Macron, though such interpretations remain unverified and inherently interpretive.
• The Egypt-hosted summit, co-chaired by Trump and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, was presented as launching a Gaza ceasefire under which Hamas released 20 living Israeli hostages and Israel freed about 1,900 Palestinian prisoners, according to multiple reports.
• Trump was also filmed apparently missing el-Sisi’s offered hand during a signing photo‑op before a later moment when el‑Sisi appeared to ignore Trump’s outstretched hand, and he gripped UAE Sheikh Mansour in a lengthy shake while praising his “unlimited money.”
• Israeli and Hamas representatives did not attend, and reporting notes questions about how durable the ceasefire will be despite the initial releases.