Poland's first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda, second right, reaches her hand to U.S. First Lady Melania Trump as U.S. President Donald Trump reaches his hand for a handshake after his speech in Krasinski Square, with Polish President Andrzej Duda standing right, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 6, 2017. A video clip of the encounter prompted claims that Kornhauser-Duda snubbed Trump, but a longer video showed she shook Melania Trump's hand and then President Trump's.(Photo: Alik Keplicz, AP) <\/p>\n
President Trump believes he has found an internationalally in his crusade against the media. <\/p>\n
Via Twitter, he pledged Saturday to fight the #FakeNews with Polish President Andrzej Duda, whose right-wing party has been accused of a crackdown on a free press. <\/p>\n
Last year, Duda signed a law putting state-owned media under government control because according to an aide he didnt believe they were objective. <\/p>\n
Trump was responding to a Thursday tweet from Duda after a widely circulated video appeared to show Polish first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda ignoring Trumps handshake, and shaking first lady Melania Trumps hand insteadduring the first couples trip to Poland. <\/p>\n
Tweeting in English, Duda wrote:Contrary to some surprising reports my wife did shake hands with Mrs. and Mr. Trump @POTUS after a great visit. Let's FIGHT FAKE NEWS. <\/p>\n
A longer video showed Kornhauser-Duda shaking Melania Trumps hand and then President Trumps. <\/p>\n
At Trumps Warsaw speech, Duda loyalists shouted Fake News! in English at passing American reporters. <\/p>\n
Trumps dissatisfaction with the media has been a conversation topic with other world leaders. <\/p>\n
During a visit to Washington last week, South Korean President Moon Jae-in joked to Trump that he also suffers a bit from fake news. <\/p>\n
And Russian President Vladimir Putin shared a laugh with Trump before their one-on-one meeting Friday when Putin pointed to journalists and asked, These are the ones who insulted you? <\/p>\n
Trump responded, These are the ones, youre right about that. <\/p>\n
Contributing: Gregory Korte <\/p>\n
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