Shinzo Abe looks deeply uncomfortable after Donald Trump's weirdly aggressive handshake

Normally in diplomatic meetings its best not to look this exasperated.

And Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is hardly known for his colourful body language.

So imagine what must have gone on behind the scenes before Abe threw this epic shade while meeting with Donald Trump for the first time.

The television cameras were there to capture an uncomfortably long handshake between Trump and Abe in the White House.

Handshakes between world leaders normally do take an awkwardly long time, so that photographers can capture the moment.

But Trump's double-handed yank-and-clamp method is clearly not what Abe is used to, which leads to a shift-in-his-seat and eye-roll move that pantomime actors would consider over the top.

"Strong hands," Trump says.

Supporter or detractor, it's hard for anyone to say this isn't weird.

It's also not the first time Trump has been scrutinised for his handshaking technique.

After introducing his Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch last week, he gave what can only be described as a bizarre power-play.

He gives the judge the standard up-and-down pumps, before slapping the back of his hand then yanking him closer.

Still, neither event is as awkward as the handshake between Barack Obama and Raoul Castro last year, which is probably the worst thing to happen in US-Cuba relations since the Cuban Missile Crisis.

And then of course there's this triple-monstrosity.