Donald Trump's Awkward Moments at the NATO Summit, Analyzed by a Body Language Expert
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TIME spoke to India Ford, a London-based internationally renowned body language expert and the founder of Talkbodylanguage, to find out what it all meant.
The SHOVE:
India Ford: "When I saw this I couldn't stop laughing. I'm just absolutely astonished by it. It is such an aggressive, bullying gesture by Trump and I think it displays his very high sense of entitlement. He's saying 'Do you know who I am?'. After the shove - which is the kind of behavior you would expect to see a five-year-old display in the playground - he immediately goes into his go-to pose, where he pushes his head back and juts his chin out. That's a very arrogant pose to be in as it means you're looking down at people.
In any situation where Trump feels mildly threatened, he goes into that pose - it's clearly something he's done his entire life. After standing in that arrogant position, he then displays a very vulnerable pose; he goes into the fig leaf. You only really get into the fig leaf pose - where you cover a very vulnerable part of the body - when you start to feel vulnerable. So it's possible the woman he was talking to said something negative to him - maybe it was something about his shoving! He looks like a kid being told off."
Macron's SWERVE:
"As far as Macron's concerned, Merkel is the most important person in the line-up. When he swerves towards her, you can see Trump thinking 'wait a second - I'm the most important person here.' Obviously, in any line-up you'd go first to the person who demands the most respect. In Macron's eyes that must be Merkel and Trump is not pleased."
Trump and Macron's first handshake:
"What Trump is doing here is showing Macron who's boss. It's another aggressive move by Trump; he's pulling Macron towards his own face and he's basically saying 'you will come to me, whether you like it or not.' You can see Macron trying to get away from the situation - he puts his arms on Trump to stop him pulling him inwards. This handshake makes sense when you see the previous video. Trump's done this because of what Macron's just done. It's as though he's saying 'Do you know who I am? You will not be doing that again.'"
These are just a few snips...More:http://time.com/4795491/donald-trump-body-language-nato-summit/
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The buffoon sure made an impression on World leaders. What an embarrassment to the United States of American. All the World Leaders are laughing, snickering and whispering behind his back.
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We have now stooped to school-yard bullying courtesy of our US illegitimate president.
When will this farce end...
