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2017 in pictures: The 75 best (or worst) photos of Donald Trump

From the power handshakes to the two-handed sips, IBTimes UK rounds up 75 photos Donald Trump would probably prefer to forget.

By David Sim David Sim
Published 19 December 2017, 3:13 PM GMT
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Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
20 January 2017: US President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama talk on the East steps of the US Capitol after his inauguration Robyn Beck/AFP
Donald Trump
20 January 2017: US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania attend the Inaugural luncheon at the National Statuary Hall in Washington, DC Yuri Gripas/Reuters
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20 January 2017: US President Donald Trump celebrates his inauguration at the Freedom Ball in Washington, DC Kevin Dietsch
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20 January 2017: US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend the Freedom Ball in honour of his inauguration in Washington Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
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22 January 2017: US President Donald Trump reacts as he leaves with Vice President Mike Pence (L) after attending a swearing in ceremony for senior staff at the White House in Washington, DC Carlos Barria/Reuters
Donald Trump
22 January 2017: US President Donald Trump congratulates Senior Counsellor to the President Stephen Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC Mandel Ngan/AFP
Donald Trump
27 January 2017: US President Donald Trump looks on following a swearing-in ceremony for Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon in Washington Carlos Barria
Donald Trump
27 January 2017: British Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump hold hands as they walk along The Colonnade of the West Wing at The White House in Washington, DC Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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1 February 2017: US President Donald Trump pulls a chair out for Paula White from the New Christian Destiny Centre as they attend a meeting regarding the supreme court nomination at the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington, DC Carlos Barria/Reuters
Donald Trump
9 February 2017: US President Donald Trump congratulates Jeff Sessions after he was sworn in as U.S. Attorney General as his wife Mary Sessions looks on during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Donald Trump
10 February 2017: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with US President Donald Trump (R) during their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC Jim Bourg/Reuters
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13 February 2017: US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC Saul Loeb/AFP
Donald Trump
16 February 2017: US President Donald Trump stands during a news conference announcing Alexander Acosta as the new Labor Secretary nominee in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC Mario Tama/Getty Images
Donald Trump
18 February 2017: US President Donald Trump kisses his wife Melania during a "Make America Great Again" rally at Orlando Melbourne International Airport in Melbourne, Florida Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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23 February 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with manufacturing CEOs at the White House in Washington, DC Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Donald Trump
28 February 2017: US President Donald Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington Jim Lo Scalzo/Reuters
Donald Trump
7 March 2017: US President Donald Trump walks in a corridor of the White House to greet visitors, while a portrait of Hillary Clinton hangs on the wall in Washington, DC Aude Guerrucci/Getty Images
Donald Trump
10 March 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with US House Committee Chairmen about healthcare reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC Saul Loeb/AFP
Merkel, Trump
17 March 2017: US President Donald Trump meets with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Donald Trump
20 March 2017: US President Donald Trump walks to Marine One while departing from the White House in Washington, DC Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Donald Trump
23 March 2017: US President Donald Trump reacts as he sits in a truck while he welcomes truckers and CEOs to attend a meeting regarding healthcare at the White House in Washington, DC Carlos Barria/Reuters
Donald Trump
29 March 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks at a Women's Empowerment Panel at the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC Carlos Barria/Reuters
Donald Trump
30 March 2017: US President Donald Trump answers reporters' questions during a photo opportunity with Prime Minister Of Denmark Lars Lokke Rasmussen in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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6 April 2017: US President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to Mar-a-Lago in Florida Carlos Barria/Reuters
Donald Trump
17 April 2017: US President Donald Trump and US first lady Melania Trump welcome guests to the White House during the 139th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC Win McNamee/Getty Images
Donald Trump
20 April 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks alongside Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni (not pictured) during a press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC Saul Loeb/AFP
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15 May 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks at the National Peace Officers Memorial Service on the West Lawn of the US Capitol Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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17 May 2017: House Democrats set up a photo of President Donald Trump welcoming Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the White House, during a news conference at the US Capitol Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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21 May 2017: US President Donald Trump places his hands on a glowing orb as he tours the Global Centre for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Reuters
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22 May 2017: US President Donald Trump and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak upon Trump's arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv Jack Guez/AFP
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24 May 2017: Pope Francis poses with US President Donald Trump, Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump at the end of a private audience at the Vatican Evan Vucci/AFP
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25 May 2017: US President Donald Trump shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron, during a Nato summit photo with Belgium's King Philipe, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Croatia's President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Brussels Christian Hartmann/Reuters
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25 May 2017: US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May are pictured before a leaders' photo at the Nato summit meeting in Brussels Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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1 June 2017: US President Donald Trump announces his decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC Win McNamee/Getty Images
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
9 June 2017: US President Donald Trump pauses during a press conference with Romania's President Klaus Iohannis in the Rose Garden of the White House Brendan Smialowski/AFP
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
16 June 2017: US President Donald Trump kisses Cuban dissident Cary Roque as he speaks about policy changes he is making toward Cuba at the Manuel Artime Theatre in the Little Havana neighbourhood of Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
21 June 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he spoke about renegotiating NAFTA and building a border wall that would produce solar power Scott Olson/Getty Images
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
23 June 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks before signing the VA Accountability Act in the East Room of the White House Carlos Barria/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
13 July 2017: US President Donald Trump reacts during a press conference with the French President following meetings at the Elysee Palace in Paris Saul Loeb/AFP
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
13 July 2017: French President Emmanuel Macron grasps the hand of US President Donald Trump at the Elysee Palace in Paris Stephane Mahe/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
14 July 2017: French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump shake hands as First Lady Melania Trump looks on after the traditional Bastille Day military parade in Paris Yves Herman/Reuters
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17 July 2017: Vice President Mike Pence laughs as US President Donald Trump brandishes a baseball bat at a Made in America product showcase event at the White House in Washington, DC Carlos Barria/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
17 July 2017: US President Donald Trump waits to take the stage during a Made in America product showcase in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
20 July 2017: US President Donald Trump is watched by Corning Pharmaceutical Glass Chairman and CEO Wendell Weeks as he conducts a vial strength test during a Made in America event on pharmaceutical glass manufacturing, at the Roosevelt Room of the White House Carlos Barria/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
24 July 2017: US President Donald J Trump poses for photographs with an outgoing group of interns at the White House Chris Kleponis
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25 July 2017: US President Donald Trump kisses his wife Melania after she introduced him at a rally with supporters in an arena in Youngstown, Ohio Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
28 July 2017: US President Donald Trump delivers remarks about his proposed government effort to tackle the street gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, to a gathering of federal, state and local law enforcement officials in Brentwood, New York Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
4 August 2017: US President Donald Trump walks to Marine One prior to departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, as he heads off on a 17-day vacation to his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey Saul Loeb/AFP
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
15 August 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower in New York City, where he fielded questions from reporters about his comments on the events in Charlottesville, Virginia and white supremacists Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
21 August 2017: US President Donald Trump looks directly at the total solar eclipse as he and his wife Melania stand on the Truman Balcony at the White House Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
29 August 2017: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump head to Texas to observe the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts Alex Wong/Getty Images
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
15 September 2017: US President Donald Trump is ignored by 11-year-old Frank Giaccio as he mows the lawn in the Rose Garden at the White House Carlos Barria/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
27 September 2017: US President Donald Trump disembarks from Marine One at the White House after travelling to Indiana to unveil his tax reform plan Saul Loeb/AFP
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
3 October 2017: President Donald Trump arrives at the Muniz Air National Guard Base in Puerto Rico two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit the island Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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3 October 2017: US President Donald Trump throws rolls of paper towels into a crowd of local residents affected by Hurricane Maria as he visits Calgary Chapel in San Juan, Puerto Rico Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
5 November 2017: US President Donald Trump prepares to address US soldiers as his wife Melania looks on, upon arriving at US Yokota Air Base in Tokyo Jim Watson/AFP
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
11 October 2017: US President Donald Trump welcomes Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the South Lawn of the White House Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
17 October 2017: A bee flies near US President Donald Trump's face as he reads his opening remarks during a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the Rose Garden at the White House Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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18 October 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with members of the Senate Finance Committee and his economic team at the White House in Washington, DC Chris Kleponis
Pictures of the Year 2017 donald trump
6 November 2017: US President Donald Trump gestures during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo Jim Watson/AFP
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
8 November 2017: US President Donald Trump is greeted by children as he arrives in Beijing, China Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
10 November 2017: A gust of wind whips up US President Donald Trump's hair as he boards Air Force One to depart for Vietnam from Beijing Airport Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
10 November 2017: US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they pose for a group photo ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit leaders gala dinner in the central Vietnamese city of Danang AFP
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
13 November 2017: US President Donald Trump attempts to take part in the traditional crossed arms handshake during the opening ceremony of the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
15 November 2017: US President Donald Trump uses both hands to take a drink of water while speaking in the Diplomatic Room of the White House Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
17 November 2017: US President Donald Trump prays with the Oklahoma Women's Softball women team at the White House Joshua Roberts/Reuters
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27 November 2017: US President Donald Trump honours Navajo Code Talkers for their contributions during World War Two at the White House in Washington Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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28 November 2017: US President Donald Trump makes a statement from the Roosevelt Room next to the empty chairs of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, after they cancelled their meeting at the White House in Washington, DC Jim Watson/AFP
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
28 November 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at the White House in Washington Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
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5 December 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform during a meeting with families to discuss how the tax reform plan would affect them in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC Saul Loeb/AFP
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
6 December 2017: A portrait of George Washington appears to be looking down as US President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice Pence Mike Pence, announces he will recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
11 December 2017: President Donald Trump plays with a plastic astronaut figurine given to him by Apollo 17 astronaut and former US Senator Jack Schmitt during a signing ceremony for Space Policy Directive 1 in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. The order directs Nasa 'to lead an innovative space exploration programme to send American astronauts back to the Moon, and eventually Mars' Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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15 December 2017: US President Donald Trump points to his cap as he returns to the White House Alex Wong/Getty Images
Pictures of the Year 2017 Donald Trump
17 December 2017: Looking a little dishevelled, US President Donald Trump returns to the White House after a weekend at the presidential retreat at Camp David Mike Theiler/Reuters
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18 December 2017: US President Donald Trump uses both hands as he takes a sip of water while speaking on his national security strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC Mandel Ngan/AFP

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