President Trump held an emergency press conference at the Rose Garden on Friday afternoon with several CEOs of large retail and health care companies to declare the coronavirus a national emergency.
During the press conference, Trump was seen shaking hands with several of the CEOs present which made several on Twitter uncomfortable.
The president and @Target CEO shook hands in Rose Garden. Habits are hard to break. pic.twitter.com/BbYCZiG6Ye
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) March 13, 2020
shaking hands….at the coronavirus press conference pic.twitter.com/VxFFqr564E
— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 13, 2020
One of the CEO’s, Bruce Greenstein of the LHC group, made sure to be extra careful and instead decided to give Trump an elbow bump instead of a handshake.
Man saw Trump touching and shaking everyone's hand LOOOOOOL pic.twitter.com/dTCrJ5LmZo
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) March 13, 2020
Bruce Greenstein of the LHC group skips the handshake with Trump and goes for the elbow bump instead pic.twitter.com/yTbCsQ9AuN
— Zach Purser Brown (@zachjourno) March 13, 2020
The presidential elbow bump pic.twitter.com/60lOyHmYIo
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 13, 2020
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻That last CEO at least tried to model good behavior w his elbow bump…👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) March 13, 2020
The #ElbowBump heard 'round the world. https://t.co/RAFkYnNibW
— Ed Makowski (@EdMakowski) March 13, 2020