President Trump gave one of his infamous long handshakes to Brigitte Macron while greeting France’s First Lady at the G7 summit.​

Trump, who has openly mocked Ms Macron’s relationship with French president Emmanuel Macron, only shook the latter’s hand briefly as they met at the international forum in France this week. ​

By contrast, Trump clasped Ms Macron’s hand for a full 13 seconds after a customary kiss on each cheek. President Macron, meanwhile, placed his hand on Trump’s back.

After posing for a picture with the French presidential couple, Trump took Ms Macron’s hand once again as he spoke to the pair.

One X user described the gesture as Trump’s “weird handshake tug of war.”​

Trump is infamous for his lengthy and forceful handshakes, with one particularly long exchange with President Macron dragging on for almost 30 seconds during a visit to France in 2017. ​

The greeting unfolded after the pair watched the Bastille Day military parade with Ms Macron and First Lady Melania Trump.​

During a NATO summit that same year, Trump appeared to twist President Macron’s arm and grabbed it hard enough to jerk him to the side.​

Their latest meeting came after Trump openly mocked President Macron’s reported marriage woes in April, referencing a video in which the French First Lady appeared to push her husband’s face before disembarking from a plane in Vietnam.​

“I call up France, Macron, whose wife treats him extremely badly,” Trump said at the time. “Still recovering from the right to the jaw.”

​The French president later insisted that he and his wife had been “joking” and described Trump’s remarks as “neither elegant nor up to standard.”

​Speaking to reporters, he said that the pair were simply “squabbling.”​

“I’m surprised by it; it turns into some kind of global catastrophe where people are even coming up with theories to explain it,” he said.