Trump grimaces through 'ASEAN handshake' in Manila

The "ASEAN handshake" is a tradition the leader of every Pacific Rim ally is forced to endure — and President Trump made it awkward.

Trump scowled his way through the ice-breaker Monday morning in Manila.

He twisted his right arm over the left, and his left over the right to shake hands with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.

Photos of Trump participating in the handshake:

“Give us your brightest smile,” an emcee told the politicians during the opening ceremony of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations conference.

Quang and Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev beamed for the customary handshake, while Duterte offered a mere smirk. The White House pool coined the contorted look spreading across Trump’s face as “an exaggerated grimace.”

He flubbed the first attempt at the kitschy ritual to kick off the annual meetup and then laughed.

Trump is slated to hold formal talks with his Philippine counterpart to cap off his 12-day Asia tour.

He ignored shouted questions on whether he will press Duterte on human rights issues. The Filipino leader has been waging a bloody drug war that has left thousands of people dead due to extrajudicial killings.

The self-proclaimed killer refused to attend sessions with President Barack Obama during the same summit in 2016 after disparaging him as a “son of a bitch.”