Handshake hysteria has again gripped the attention of the national media. President Trump greeted French President Emmanuel Macron with a nine-second handshake then dropped an awkward handclasp-hug combo on the mature first lady of France.

The whole thing was really weird and the responses completely predictable. Plenty of critics complain that the leader of the free world should be able to give an appropriate physical greeting. And honestly, they’re sort of right. A proper handshake should be a prerequisite to the presidency.