From the Abe Assault to the Trudeau Standoff and the May Grab we now have: the Merkel Moment It sounds ridiculous, but it really is beginning to look like you can read Donald Trump's foreign policy by the bizarre ways that he shakes the hands of foreign leaders. First there was the Abe Assault, nineteen seconds of Trump trying show the Japanese prime minister who's the boss. (Cue Abe's eye roll.)