President Barack Obama and Donald Trump put on a united front and vowed to work together in what appeared to be a friendly meeting at the White House Thursday.
Trump said he was ‘looking forward to dealing with the president in the future’, while Obama claimed he was ‘very encouraged by the interest in President-elect Trump to work with my team’.
But even to the untrained eye it was clear there was some tension, and body language expert Patti Wood has analyzed the first meeting between the most powerful man in America and the person chosen to replace him.
Obama was ‘extremely fatigued, resigned and not hopeful’, while Trump was ‘tentative, serious and perhaps fearful’, Wood told Daily Mail.
Obama and Trump, whose election win sent shockwaves around the world on Body Language Wednesday, talked for more than 90 minutes in the Oval Office before addressing the media.
It was a public display intended to help the country digest the results of Tuesday’s presidential election after violent protests broke out across the country Wednesday night.
The president-elect called Obama a ‘very good man’.
‘If you look at the seating position – their lower legs,’ Wood explains, ‘they are both in the male, alpha position saying “I am a man”.’
However, she adds that Obama’s legs are much further apart, which demonstrates strength and reveals he is subconsciously saying, ‘I’m still on top’.
But it was Trump’s hands that caught Wood’s attention – he put them in a ‘downward prayer position‘.
‘The thing that is very significant is Trump’s hand position,’ Wood told Daily Mail, describing it as the ‘downward prayer position’, which is not typical for the President-elect.
‘Trump holds his own hands as he begins speaking which is an indication he needs to comfort himself,’ she added.
Wood pointed out that as Obama gestures, he rests his arms on his legs. ‘That’s not typical Obama which tells me he is weary.‘
The sitting president stressed during the meeting that his top priority was top ‘ensure our president-elect is successful.’
‘I have been very encouraged by the interest in President-elect Trump to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces and I believe that it is important for all regardless of party and regardless of political preferences to now come together, work together to deal with the many challenges we face,’ he said.
But Wood isn’t convinced. ‘There is a part where he says he has been encouraged,’ she said. ‘As he says it he closes his eyes. I call that an eye block. That tells me he doesn’t feel totally encouraged.’
Abeq who noticed the ”666” Siqn
Uncle Trump always do while Talkinq ??
Not my business sha.. Oya make I dey qo ..
I always make that sign in a conversation when I use words like, unique, exquisite, spectacular, single or simple etc….. Am I a member of 666.?? Comm’on, People made all these signs long ago b4 the said 666 whatever came to be.
Kikikiki.. Okay o .. Bros
it is style has nothing to do wit 666 ok
So wat dos dat mean?
Ok oooo
Guy leave 666 matter. At first some pple were saying Obama was antichrist.. Now its trump. Lol
I tire ooo my brother
Both ar 666 members
Is it a fact?.. Prove it
Obama never liked the idea of Trump winning.. This is highly rhetoric and kpekpemnopy
This obama is a suspect big time,he just welcomed Trump kia kia say wetin…Am sure they are both in the same cult
But is Body lanquaqe an occupation or academic field to be an expert at .. ?
Alriqht.. Chiooooooooma (Yes)
Come lemme Body lanquaqe your body ..
You say you like biq cassava, I qet biq cassava..
Bad bele liars
So somebody cannot relax his hands again?
Orh
they are just being comfortable based on the chair they are sitting on …why must they analyse everything … even if they place hands on their jaw or on the chair it would still be a subject to analyze…
Allow me to say, instead of expecting the worse from him, we should expect for the best, we should hope he’ll be a great leader, negativity won’t help anyone. You hated Obama haters for calling him ” Obummer”, yet you call him “notmypresident”. He won, sit back and see what he can do, vote in 4 years if you like…winks
The way obama sit down 4 dat chair i no trust am oo, be lyk say him yash no strong 4 dat seat
Trump’s sitting position and position of his palms clearly says ‘Fuck you all, you never thought I would be the one sitting here and waiting to take over this office do you’?
Obama’s posture was more like ‘I know what you are thinking asshole but you are not putting your ass on my chair till January’
lol….
,hahahahaha oh my goodness
Hahaha. U nor go give me hiccups!
Naija! Lol
Obama remains my best
His obama trying to bribe him or initiate him
Both are not comfortable two enemies for sure
U re not serious must everybody belong to Illuminati ? If i d know what to publish go and ask market woman fool.
Fake News. I saw the real News on CNN yesterday and Obama tap Trump on his lap countless times, with a smile on his face. I guess you where to busy composing fake news and you forgot to capture that part.
Pls go and watch it again, can’t remember where he tapped trump.
Lebera Kabari he did,
Na ur case
Whatever we do in life people search for the mistakes…so somebody cannot sit and relax his hands again
Lols… i tire oo
Light and darkness can’t be comfortable to together, I understand them
Don’t be quick to Judge Trump was appointed by God himself.Know one un
It is not a mistake its Gods will no one can understand the doings of God.Trump is supposed to fullfil prophecy in the book of Daniel in the bible