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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
August Graham

Fact check: Donald Trump shook Keir Starmer’s hand at meeting

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump talk ahead of a family photo during the G7 summit in Evian, France. Picture date: Tuesday June 16, 2026. - (PA Wire)

A post on social media claimed that when US President Donald Trump arrived at a meeting of world leaders, he did not shake the hand of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

“Donald Trump shook everyone’s hand, except Keir Starmer, then walked off,” the post read. It included a short clip appearing to show the incident.

Evaluation

This is not what videos of the event show. A little before the video posted on social media starts, Sir Keir and Mr Trump did shake hands.

The facts

The feed of the event which the poster filmed cut to the video of Mr Trump greeting world leaders only after he had shaken Sir Keir’s hand.

A fuller video shows that in the seconds before the broadcast cut to the room, Mr Trump and Sir Keir shook hands.

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries have been meeting in France this week.

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