Body Language Analysis No. 4191: President Trump's State Of The Union Speech - Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Tonight President Trump gave his first State of the Union Address. What follows is a partial nonverbal analysis concentrating on (the second pillar of) the "four pillars" portion concerning his plan for immigration.

Beginning at 1:03:34, the President says, "The second pillar fully secures the border". This is followed by (partial) audience applause. Next (beginning at 1:03:57) he says, "That means building a great wall on our southern border ..."

However, just prior to this "great wall statement", during 1:03:52, President Trump exhibits a strong facial expression (image immediately above) - it's an amalgam of two emotions:

• Contempt (primary emotion)
• Disgust (secondary emotion)

Only a second later, during 1:03:53, the President transitions to a facial expression of primarily Disgust.

Donald Trump also Falsely Adjusts his Jacket. This dynamic is a hyper-alpha power display - a modern culture analog of muscle flexing.

Three seconds later, during 1:03:56, President Trump then displays classic Forward Lip Pursing. Forward Lip Pursing indicates a Clandestine Plan and/or a Clandestine Disagreement. Those who make this facial configuration believe they're the "Alpha" in the presence of "Betas". Moreover, they believe they will have a good chance of success when implementing their plan. Whenever you see this expression, you can be 100% sure information is being withheld. This is a red flag. Protect your flank.

You will also note, during much of his address tonight, the President's head/neck were tilted backward. This was not only done when he was looking up to the balcony (which, of course, is understandable and expected) - but when his eyes were looking forward as well. Such prolonged and frequent head tilting indicates and projects arrogance. Anyone who desires to build rapport and leadership with an audience should not adopt such a posture.

Summary: President Trump's nonverbal behavior during the State of The Union Address tonight, indicates he has contempt and disgust toward the subject of immigration and immigrants (contempt can only be felt toward another person/people). More specifically, his displays in this portion highlight his particularly negative emotions toward immigration from Mexico.


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Body Language Analysis No. 4009: Donald Trump regarding Jeff Sessions - "Time Will Tell" - Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Earlier today, during a press conference at the White House with Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, Donald Trump was asked several questions regarding Attorney General Jeff Sessions. One of these exchanges is included below, followed by an analysis of a particular nonverbal tell.

JOURNALIST (beginning at 0:00): "You spoke earlier today to the Wall Street Journal, we've all seen those comments, but I think everybody here probably is hoping, ah, that you could talk a little more about this. Ah, you have called your Attorney General, 'Beleaguered', you've criticized his decision to recuse himself on the Russia matters, ah - and, you're kind of catch phrase or motto before the White House was, 'You're fired', so, I'm wondering if you would talk to us a little bit about whether you've lost confidence in Jeff Sessions, w-whether you want him to resign on his own, ahum, whether you're prepared to fire him if he doesn't - and, and, why you're sorta letting him twist in the wind, rather than just making the call for him?"

DONALD TRUMP: "Well, I don't think I am doing that. But I am disappointed - in the Attorney General. Ah, he should not have recused himself, almost immediately after he took office, and if was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking office, and I would have quite simply picked somebody else. Ah, so I think that's a bad thing, not for the President, but for the Presidency. I think it's unfair to the Presidency. And, ah, that's the way I feel. Thank you."

Note that as the journalist says, "... you want him to resign on his own, ahum ..." (during 0:28 - 0:31), Donald Trump configures his lips in what is known as a "Forward Lip Purse" (be careful to not confuse this with a "Lateral Lip Purse").

A Forward Lip Purse is an extremely valuable nonverbal signal indicating a Clandestine Plan and/or a Clandestine Disagreement. This is a particularly fantastic example of this facial expression, for President Trump is very much not telling the public (and very probably his staff) whether he plans to fire Attorney General Sessions or is trying to force him to resign (or maybe another alternative).

Fascinatingly, the forward lip purse is only made by a person who perceives himself to be a relative alpha within the context of the interaction (e.g., in this example, Donald Trump is the alpha to relative Sessions', the journalist's - and the American public's relative beta status).

Moreover, when the forward lip purse is made, those who display it believe their plan of action has a high probability of success.


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