“How hard is this?” Souza wrote on Instagram, alongside an image of then-President Barack Obama shaking hands with then-Speaker John Boehner ahead of the 2011 State of the Union address. Former White House photographer Pete Souza urged the nation’s leaders to show a little civility on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump snubbed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ’s handshake at his State of the Union address a day earlier. The courtesy was extended even though Obama was a Democrat and Boehner and Ryan were both Republicans. At the conclusion of Trump’s speech, Pelosi was seen tearing her copy of his speech in half. Souza, a vocal critic of the current administration, often contrasts moments of the Trump presidency with images he took during Obama’s time in office.

Source: Huffington Post February 05, 2020 23:26 UTC