President Donald Trump came up short when he offered French President Emmanuel Macron his hand as he prepared to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Pope Francis’ funeral.

The 88-year-old Pope passed away Monday, and his funeral was held on Saturday at 10 AM Vatican time, six hours ahead of Eastern time.

The funeral was attended by a host of world leaders, including Trump, Great Britain’s Prince William, former President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Macron, Zelensky, and many more.

During CNN’s live coverage of The Funeral of Pope Francis, Trump and Macron shook hands when the crowd was urged to do so as part of the funeral mass.

But before the mass, Trump was spotted meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the event — and Macron greeted one of them with a hearty handshake and a hug — Zelensky.

When Trump extended his hand, Macron — who has a long history of weird handshakes with Trump — avoided Trump’s hand after he greeted Zelensky, seconds before the impromptu meeting. Some interpreted this as a deliberate snub:

Macron schüttelt Selenskyj die Hand, aber nicht Trump. Eine absolute Legende mit Eier pic.twitter.com/WUHiIlrBlb

— 07 (@0_7_user) April 26, 2025

Did you notice how Macron and Zelenskyy greet each other? And Macron avoided Trump’s hand at almost the same time. pic.twitter.com/0gLgw6Z4Mj

— Mario (@PawlowskiMario) April 26, 2025

Many Trump supporters, however, interpreted the interaction as Trump snubbing Marcon, claiming the French president was rebuffed when he tried to join their meeting:

Le déclassement de la France en 23 secondes.

Macron refoulé par Trump au Vatican.

Une honte de plus pour la France par une honte vivante.#Trump #Zelensky pic.twitter.com/W4d72rxlGa

— Union Nationale Populaire (@UnionNatioPop) April 26, 2025

BRUTALE ABFUHR

TRUMP macht Macron unmißverständlich klar, wer das Sagen hat und dass er bei seinem Gespräch mit Selenskyj unerwünscht ist.

Dann wird eben der dritte Stuhl wieder weggenommen! pic.twitter.com/oLT7Eqluj7

— Georg Pazderski (@Georg_Pazderski) April 26, 2025

Zelensky posted a photo of his meeting with Trump, and wrote “Good meeting. We discussed a lot one on one. Hoping for results on everything we covered. Protecting lives of our people. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting peace that will prevent another war from breaking out. Very symbolic meeting that has potential to become historic, if we achieve joint results. Thank you
@POTUS.”

Watch above via CNN’s live coverage of The Funeral of Pope Francis.

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