Multiple requests for a re-posting of this article (from 2015) have been made in the last 24 hours. It's included here in its entirety (with updated cross-reference links at the end of the article).
The latest Donald Trump video is obviously not to his liking - and understandably so. Although far from Daniel Day-Lewis, the businessman-turned-politician normally has a somewhat better control of his facial expressions compared with most candidates. This video, however, shows us a very candid exception.
In August 2015, when the Republican was posing with a bald eagle (named "Uncle Sam") for a Time magazine cover, Trump demonstrated several key, but non-flattering nonverbal faux pas.
In this split second, we can see Trump invading the personal (intimate) space of Uncle Sam. Yet the raptor, it seems, is much quicker than the republican.
Animals, of course, are no different than people when it comes to proxemic principles - if they don't know you well AND if you don't share a good rapport - they will NOT welcome you into their intimate space.
Note the expression on Mr. Trump - particularly his mouth. His sudden, tightening and lateral vectoring (with down-turned corners) of his mouth is a classic "mouth of fear".
A split second later we see Trump's "fear mouth" become even more extreme.
Body Language take-home points:
1. Only enter the personal/intimate space of another if:
A. They know you, AND
B. You have good mutual-rapport
2. Although there are certainly human, cultural variations with regards to personal space (proxemics)
tolerances, it is a deeply ingrained and highly physiologic phenomenon which is exhibited
cross-species.
3. Donald Trump Lied. He was indeed quite frightened by Uncle Sam the Bald Eagle.
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See also:
Body Language Analysis No. 4219: Ivanka Trump's Reaction to Question regarding Donald Trump's Sexual Assault Accusers
Body Language Analysis No. 4217: Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther, Anxiety, and Alpha Up-Regulation
Body Language Analysis No. 4215: NRA's Dana Loesch at CPAC: "Many in Legacy Media Love Mass Shootings"
Body Language Analysis No. 4212: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Responds to Questions about President Trump's Tweet Regarding the FBI and the Florida School Shooting
Body Language Analysis No. 4173: California Mud Slides - Rescue and Surprise
Body Language Analysis No. 4153: Watching The Thomas Fire
Body Language Analysis No. 4111: Selena Gomez, Francia Raisa, and a Kidney Transplant
Body Language Analysis No. 4097: Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, and a Tennis Tongue Tell
Body Language Analysis No. 4052: Hitler's Cryptorchidism and Emotional Dissonance
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