Body Language Analysis No. 4220: President Trump's Reaction to Governor Jay Inslee ("We need a little less tweeting here and a little more listening") - Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

On Monday 26 February 2018, at the National Governors Association Meeting, Gov. Jay Inslee confronted President Trump regarding his idea of arming teachers. Among other things, Governor Inslee said, "... So I just suggest that we need a little less tweeting here and a little more listening and let's just take that off the table and move forward."

What follows is a partial nonverbal analysis of some key moments of the Governor's and the President's exchange. 

Most everyone noticed the President crossing his arms while twisting/rotating his torso.

More specifically, virtually every time Donald Trump crosses his arms, he does so in a hands-hidden fashion. This nonverbal configuration projects the beta emotions of close-mindedness, defensiveness, low emotional comfort, and low confidence.

The twisting of his torso is significant for impatience and frustration.

There is also a significant likelihood that the President's increasing tendency to hide his hands - as well as his inability to remain motionless - suggests a contributing factor of a possible movement disorder or tremor-like condition the etiology of which may be a primary CNS disease or a drug side-effect.

In addition, the President's eye contact was poor while Governor Inslee was speaking. We don't look at people who we don't trust/believe, don't like, and/or who we disrespect.

During 1:04, as Governor Inslee was speaking and just as the President was in the process of crossing his arms (hand hidden crossing), he displayed a Tight Tongue Jut.

A tight tongue just indicates the thought-emotions of disdain, disgust, and repulsion.

(It's important not to confuse this with either a Loose Tongue Jut or a Wide Open Tongue Jut - each of which has completely different meanings)

Did you notice the President display any other Tight Tongue Juts?

From 0:40 to 0:47, and very briefly during 1:03, President Trump exhibits a Forward Lip Purse. This is a profoundly valuable nonverbal display for it indicates an:

• Undisclosed (partially or fully) Disagreement and/or a
• Clandestine Plan 

Of course, we know the President's proposed plan of arming teachers - this was not a secret. Yet for a few moment's he was not speaking and kept his disagreement to himself. Moreover, he quickly came up with a plan - he would call on Governor Greg Abbott of Texas to speak on his experience in his state where some teachers have, in fact, been armed. At the very end of this video, the President can be seen calling on the Texas Governor.

This is an excellent example of Forward Lip Pursing in action showing us what the President was thinking-feeling - and also what he was planning. The vast majority of the time, disagreements and plans are NOT verbalized and thus remain secret (except to those who know nonverbal secrets).


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See also:

Body Language Analysis No. 3399 (REPOSTING): Donald Trump, a Bald Eagle, and Fear 

Body Language Analysis No. 4218: Dana Loesch, Threat Assessment, and Red Flags

Body Language Analysis No. 4216: NRA's Dana Loesch's Reaction to Sheriff Scott Israel at Stoneman Douglas HS Town Hall

Body Language Analysis No. 4214: Donald Trump's Listening Session on Preventing School Shootings

Body Language Analysis No. 4193: Hope Hicks, Sexual Attraction, Armpits, and Elbows

Body Language Analysis No. 4183: Aly Raisman, Larry Nassar, and USA Gymnastics

Body Language Analysis No. 4179: Senator Dick Durbin questions Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen

Body Language Analysis No. 4205: Chloe Kim, Albert Einstein, and Creativity

Body Language Analysis No. 4114: Robert Mueller, Critical Evaluation, and the Double-L

Body Language Analysis No.4156: President Trump's Cabinet Meeting - Crossing Arms and Excessive Motion


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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3327: Chris Harper Mercer - School Shooter - Umpqua Community College near Roseburg, Oregon - Body Language Red Flags (PHOTOS)

Chris Harper Mercer
MySpace Photo

Here Mercer is displaying Disgust with a component of Contempt.
















Yet another mass shooting occurred earlier today near Roseburg, Oregon. The shooter, allegedly Chris Harper Mercer killed nine people and wounded seven at Umpqua Community College. He also died in a shoot-out with law enforcement.

From a nonverbal communication point-of-view, those who will go on to commit violent crimes - particularly mass shootings, bombing and terrorist-like acts - will extremely often display expressions of chronic contempt, chronic anger and chronic disgust.

It's very important to stress the chronic nature of these expressions. For as human beings we all experience anger, disgust and contempt - yet those who perpetrate such violent crimes will virtually always display these expressions CHRONICALLY.

Moreover the use of social media allows people to put forth a photo which characterizes the emotion which they wish to project out to the World. Thus a Facebook profile pic is essentially a form of a Rorschach test in reverse. Those who project chronic negative emotions are therefore telegraphing their intentions.

It's important to point out that, of course not nearly all people who chronically display anger, contempt or disgust will commit mass crimes. Yet such chronicity of expression is a signal of a personality disorder, impulse control disorder, or other mental disorder.

Chris Harper Mercer
Also from MySpace

Here Mercer's expression is more subtle - he's displaying more Contempt with a lesser proportion of Disgust (yet they both are still present).









See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3326: Donald Trump on 60 Minutes - Body Language Tells

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2639: Denver School Shooting and a Body Language of High Empathy

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2232:  Vicki Soto, a Hero, Body Language  and a Mother's Love & Affection -  Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Interview

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2322:  Jeb Bush & Matt Lauer - Which one is the Narcissist?  Body Language Red Flags

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3133: The Red Flag of Robert Durst's Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2231:  A Common Facial Expression of Mass Killers - Using Body Language as a Threat Assessment Tool


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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2639: Denver School Shooting and a Body Language of High Empathy (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Yesterday another School shooting occurred just a day before the anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and only eight miles from the 1999 Columbine H.S. massacre. Karl Halverson Pierson, a senior at Arapahoe High School near Denver, with the apparent motive of revenge against a former teacher/librarian and debate/speech coach - critically wounded one student before killing himself. No one else was harmed.

The above images were captured during the immediate aftermath of the shooting. Covering of one's mouth is a strong nonverbal indicator of the personality trait of high empathy. Such mouth covering is more obvious during dramatic and obviously tragic events; however it is seen daily in the context of considerably less significant matters. This MAP (Manipulator, Adaptor, Pacifier) is NOT performed out of embarrassment or in an effort to cover emotion. Noticing this body language tendency is one method of gauging another person's "Empathy Quotient". And the quality of empathy is one of the most important characteristics predictive of human behavior. The ability to accurately and rapidly gauge another's empathy level is paramount.

Got Empathy?

Can you spot empathy? Are you sure?


See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2231:  A Common Facial Expression of Mass Killers - Using Body Language as a Threat Assessment Tool

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2629: Sandy Hook Audio Tapes - A Body Language Sign of Disbelief

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2238:  Sandy Hook Elementary Teacher Lauren Rousseau's  Boyfriend's Body Language - Grief & Suppression of Negative Emotions & Empathy

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2232:  Vicki Soto, a Hero, Body Language  and a Mother's Love & Affection -  Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Interview

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2233:  Body Language, President Obama, 20 Children  and the Tongue-in-Cheek

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2579: Brandon Bryant Body Language of Disgust and Empathy - Confessions of a Drone Operator

Negotiation Nonverbal Communication Secret # 1499:  Bill Clinton's Empathy for Eric Fehrnstrom and  Mitt Romney ... What's Your Sincerity Quotient?

Leadership Secret # 221:  Spontaneous Mouth Covering & Empathy - Hillary Clinton & Osama Bin Laden

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