On a nearby video screen, Temple saw her first batch of “Fist Bumps” in the form of digital photos featuring smiling department team members and short descriptions of ways they helped colleagues.

One user responded to an image of Patel's fist-bump with Gibson and wrote on X: 'BADA**!' 'This is the America I want to be in,' said another. A third commented: 'Power team.' While one joked ...