Sky News Journalists Mock Trump-Hating UK Foreign Secretary’s Lengthy Presidential Handshake: ‘One Second for Every Insult!’

David Gilmour Sep 17th, 2025, 9:55 am

Sky News journalists mocked the U.K.’s Trump-hating Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper for her unusually long handshake as she greeted the president when he touched down in England on Wednesday – recalling how she protested his previous state visit and listing out all the times she insulted him in the past.

President Donald Trump greeted Cooper after landing at Stansted Airport and the irony of the moment was not lost on the British press as the pair clasped hands and exchanged words for just over 11 seconds on the tarmac before the president boarded Marine One for the short flight to Winfield House, the U.S. ambassado

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