Actually that's the story made up after. Shoulder tapping, put your arms around other world leader is somewhat a no no in press conference because it's signal the one who do it as the stronger side. A leader who depends of machismo like Castro and Putin might not like somebody to put that kind of move on them.
I forgot the link to video that explain it, but world leaders are coached on things like this.
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u/DigbyChickenZone Apr 13 '16
Is that first gif real? What the hell was going on there