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<p>As White House Chief of Staff <a href="http://www.someecards.com/news/politics/reince-preibus-tweet-hillary-clinton-should-smile-more/">Reince Priebus</a> and top Trump skeletor <a href="http://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/rosie-odonnell-steve-bannon-photo/">Steve Bannon</a> sought to convince the world of their great respect for one another, Steve Bannon made a move. But love was not in the air at the <a href="http://www.someecards.com/news/politics/cpac-speeches-twitter-roast/">CPAC conference</a>.</p><p>As Steve Bannon reached his spindly hand towards Reince Priebus&#39; lap, Priebus slapped him away like a gnat. It was unmistakably weird.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/KJAlvarado124/status/834847832112758789/video/1</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/experts-dissect-steve-bannon-intimately-patting-reince-priebus-article-1.2980971" target="_blank">NY Daily News</a> decided to ask a body language expert about the interaction, who noted that Bannon&#39;s sentiment preceding the touch&mdash;&quot;Reince has been unwavering since the very first moment I met him&quot;&mdash;implied &quot;perceived dominance.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I don&#39;t know their working relationship, but Priebus didn&#39;t like that the statement implied intimacy. He wanted to separate himself from that statement.&quot; The touch, then, &quot;obviously repelled Priebus.&quot;</p><p>If reading that much into the tiny interaction seems like overkill to you, and you&#39;d rather just giggle at how uncomfortable it was, then Twitter&#39;s got you covered.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/KJAlvarado124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KJAlvarado124</a> <a href="https://t.co/11stIToBy7">pic.twitter.com/11stIToBy7</a></p>&mdash; Abbi Crutchfield (@curlycomedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/curlycomedy/status/834997385809936385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/ibwriting/status/834897184080424960</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ouch. The Priebus can be a sensitive area of the anatomy.</p>&mdash; Rick (@RicknShira) <a href="https://twitter.com/RicknShira/status/834925777816715264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/willsmithwriter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@willsmithwriter</a> <a href="https://t.co/WmNlFsr0uI">pic.twitter.com/WmNlFsr0uI</a></p>&mdash; Kevin Doherty (@attenburgher) <a href="https://twitter.com/attenburgher/status/834872583497609221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Omg <a href="https://twitter.com/Reince?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Reince</a> is Steve&#39;s Ivanka. <a href="https://t.co/JauYI6gkEq">pic.twitter.com/JauYI6gkEq</a></p>&mdash; Carl Kitc➡️en🏳️‍🌈 (@carlcuisine) <a href="https://twitter.com/carlcuisine/status/834876748772696067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reince and Bannon are totally friends <a href="https://t.co/5J8Pikt9su">https://t.co/5J8Pikt9su</a> <a href="https://t.co/lTMv0Mamxb">pic.twitter.com/lTMv0Mamxb</a></p>&mdash; Colin Jones (@colinjones) <a href="https://twitter.com/colinjones/status/834894430842814465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maybe he should&#39;ve used his alt-right hand?</p>&mdash; BARACK KAMALA says my rap Playlist is RUINED (@truecolossus) <a href="https://twitter.com/truecolossus/status/834861967433166848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Preibus knows Bannon is like that alien from the original Star Trek who drained life-sustaining minerals by touch.</p>&mdash; Larry Felton Johnson (@larryfeltonj) <a href="https://twitter.com/larryfeltonj/status/834871043441442817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">😂 Did anybody else watch it 13 times in a row like I did? 😁</p>&mdash; Lisa The Proud Democrat 💙 (@LisaCharlanza) <a href="https://twitter.com/LisaCharlanza/status/834887591900114945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/SophieInCT/status/834860702246502405</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/UndergroundSch2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UndergroundSch2</a> Not in public, people are watching. <a href="https://t.co/hcV7SDAnto">pic.twitter.com/hcV7SDAnto</a></p>&mdash; Miss Em (@itsmeMissEm) <a href="https://twitter.com/itsmeMissEm/status/834867198699134986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">this is getting interesting <a href="https://t.co/lS9oCvjyuK">pic.twitter.com/lS9oCvjyuK</a></p>&mdash; Julie Rems-Smario (@JulieRems) <a href="https://twitter.com/JulieRems/status/834870398047002626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Twitter loves this painfully awkward moment of Reince Priebus recoiling from Steve Bannon.

As White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and top Trump skeletor Steve Bannon sought to convince the world of their great respect for one another, Steve Bannon made a move. But love was not in the air at the CPAC conference.As Steve Bannon reached his spindly hand towards Reince Priebus&#39; lap, Priebus slapped him away like a gnat. It was unmistakably weird.https://twitter.com/KJAlvarado124/status/834847832112758789/video/1The NY Daily News decided to ask a body language expert about the interaction, who noted that Bannon&#39;s sentiment preceding the touch&mdash;&quot;Reince has been unwavering since the very first moment I met him&quot;&mdash;implied &quot;perceived dominance.&quot;&quot;I don&#39;t know their working relationship, but Priebus didn&#39;t like that the statement implied intimacy. He wanted to separate himself from that statement.&quot; The touch, then, &quot;obviously repelled Priebus.&quot;If reading that much into the tiny interaction seems like overkill to you, and you&#39;d rather just giggle at how uncomfortable it was, then Twitter&#39;s got you covered..@KJAlvarado124 pic.twitter.com/11stIToBy7&mdash; Abbi Crutchfield (@curlycomedy) February 24, 2017 https://twitter.com/ibwriting/status/834897184080424960ouch. The Priebus can be a sensitive area of the anatomy.&mdash; Rick (@RicknShira) February 24, 2017 @willsmithwriter pic.twitter.com/WmNlFsr0uI&mdash; Kevin Doherty (@attenburgher) February 23, 2017 Omg @Reince is Steve&#39;s Ivanka. pic.twitter.com/JauYI6gkEq&mdash; Carl Kitc➡️en🏳️‍🌈 (@carlcuisine) February 23, 2017 Reince and Bannon are totally friends https://t.co/5J8Pikt9su pic.twitter.com/lTMv0Mamxb&mdash; Colin Jones (@colinjones) February 23, 2017 Maybe he should&#39;ve used his alt-right hand?&mdash; BARACK KAMALA says my rap Playlist is RUINED (@truecolossus) February 23, 2017 Preibus knows Bannon is like that alien from the original Star Trek who drained life-sustaining minerals by touch.&mdash; Larry Felton Johnson (@larryfeltonj) February 23, 2017 😂 Did anybody else watch it 13 times in a row like I did? 😁&mdash; Lisa The Proud Democrat 💙 (@LisaCharlanza) February 23, 2017 https://twitter.com/SophieInCT/status/834860702246502405@UndergroundSch2 Not in public, people are watching. pic.twitter.com/hcV7SDAnto&mdash; Miss Em (@itsmeMissEm) February 23, 2017 this is getting interesting pic.twitter.com/lS9oCvjyuK&mdash; Julie Rems-Smario (@JulieRems) February 23, 2017 

As White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and top Trump skeletor Steve Bannon sought to convince the world of their great respect for one another, Steve Bannon made a move. But love was not in the air at the CPAC conference.  As Steve...