President Obama, Raul Castro engage in 'awkward' handshake

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President Barack Obama's historic visit to Cuba, as the first sitting president to do so in almost 90 years made news for a number of reasons.

But the main thing so many paid attention to was the seemingly awkward handshake between Cuba's leader and Obama.

After the leaders each gave statements to the press Monday afternoon about their meeting, President Raul Castro appeared to turn what was going to be a standard handshake into an odd arm-raising move.

Castrol grabbed Obama by the wrist, lifting his arm up above him as Obama smiled and waved to the audience.

Video from KSAZ shows that the two did briefly shake hands before the awkward handshake, though.

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