Does This Mean They're Going Steady?

Seriously, can anyone explain to me why the elected leader of the Land of the Free insists on holding hands like a fucking lovebird with the evil dictator who misrules the country that produced 15 of 19 Sept. 11 hijackers, and is the single biggest exporter and financier of Islamic nutbaggery? I'm not looking for jokes, or pop histories of the Carlyle Group, but really … why do they always insist on holding handsies??