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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Inventor Lonnie Johnson stands with his Super Soaker water guns at JTEC Energy on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Atlanta. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is currently working on a new energy technology through his company’s JTEC device that turns thermal heat into usable energy. (Natrice Miller/AJC)