Saturday, September 17, 2016

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3695: Donald Trump, "Take Their Guns away", "Let's see What Happens to Her" - Body Language and Emotional Intelligence (VIDEO, PHOTOS)





Yesterday Donald Trump made a statement which some people feel was a call to incite acts of violence against Hillary Clinton. He made a similar comment last month.

Beginning at 0:34 in the above video, Trump continues, "I think what we should do, is she goes around with armed body guards like you have never seen before. I think that her body guards - should drop all weapons. They should disarm, right? Right? I think they should disarm - immediately, what do think? Yes? Yeah. Yeah. Take their guns away. She doesn't want guns, take their - let's see what happens to her. Take their guns away, okay. It'd be very dangerous."

During 0:50 as he says, ".... Right? I think they should disarm ...", Mr. Trump displays a classic microexpression of contempt. This image is isolated below.

The display of contempt or disgust during verbal threats or insinuation of physical violence carries with it significant emotion. Such a nonverbal signal is a red flag and should be taken seriously.
























See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3694: Donald Trump, Jimmy Fallon and Messing Up Hair

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3692: Donald Trump Gets Interrupted by Pastor in Flint, Michigan

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3690: Stan Wawrinka beats Novak Djokovic to win US Open

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3674: Drake Presents Rihanna with Vanguard Award - 2016 Video Music Awards - MTV

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3620: Cristiano Ronaldo's Injury, UEFA Euro 2016 and Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3563: Ariana Grande, Lip Stick, Microexpressions and Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 389: Muammar's Constant Contempt

Body Language Analysis No. 457: Salman Rushdie, a Contempt Amplifier and Emotional Intelligence


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