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The Guardian: Body language is louder than words at the White House
Sunday 19 March 2017 00.05 GMT
Angela Merkel is just the most recent leader who refuses to be cowed by the presidents body language
So, whats the latest on body language in the White House? Many have been enjoying Trumps hands-on approach to foreign leaders. There was the infamous cuddle that Theresa May received (anyone else think that she looked as though she was about to be bundled into the back of a moving van?). Then there were all those arm pumping/limb yanking/hand clasping displays of alpha-handshaking that Trump bestowed upon male leaders.
However, last week, Trump produced a curiously subdued handshake with Irish prime minister Enda Kenny. Trump was also forced to stand with a face like a crumbling urinal cake, while Kenny spoke warmly of St Patrick The patron saint of immigrants.
Later, when Trump, using his rumoured second language, English, blathered about wiretapping, German chancellor Angela Merkel could barely suppress a contemptuous grimace. Merkel didnt get a lovely cuddle, she was even denied an Oval Office handshake, to which she responded with the serene expression of a mother refusing to be provoked by her armpit-farting teenager. All this during just one week dare we dream that the right kind of body language is finally winning the silent battle of the words in the White House?
So, whats the latest on body language in the White House? Many have been enjoying Trumps hands-on approach to foreign leaders. There was the infamous cuddle that Theresa May received (anyone else think that she looked as though she was about to be bundled into the back of a moving van?). Then there were all those arm pumping/limb yanking/hand clasping displays of alpha-handshaking that Trump bestowed upon male leaders.
However, last week, Trump produced a curiously subdued handshake with Irish prime minister Enda Kenny. Trump was also forced to stand with a face like a crumbling urinal cake, while Kenny spoke warmly of St Patrick The patron saint of immigrants.
Later, when Trump, using his rumoured second language, English, blathered about wiretapping, German chancellor Angela Merkel could barely suppress a contemptuous grimace. Merkel didnt get a lovely cuddle, she was even denied an Oval Office handshake, to which she responded with the serene expression of a mother refusing to be provoked by her armpit-farting teenager. All this during just one week dare we dream that the right kind of body language is finally winning the silent battle of the words in the White House?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/19/donald-trump-angela-merkel-body-language
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The Guardian: Body language is louder than words at the White House (Original Post)
inanna
Mar 2017
OP
"Trump was also forced to stand with a face like a crumbling urinal cake"!
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2017
#1
"Face like a crumbling urinal cake." The article was worth reading for that line alone.
SunSeeker
Mar 2017
#8
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)1. "Trump was also forced to stand with a face like a crumbling urinal cake"!
Later, when Trump, using his rumoured second language, English, blathered about wiretapping, German chancellor Angela Merkel could barely suppress a contemptuous grimace. Merkel didnt get a lovely cuddle, she was even denied an Oval Office handshake, to which she responded with the serene expression of a mother refusing to be provoked by her armpit-farting teenager. All this during just one week dare we dream that the right kind of body language is finally winning the silent battle of the words in the White House?
inanna
(3,547 posts)2. Yep! Excellent description of Twitler!
tblue37
(65,328 posts)3. His rumoured second language, English! LOL. nt
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)4. K & r every American should read this article. 45 is a Joke.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)5. My favorite line:
Trump was also forced to stand with a face like a crumbling urinal cake, while Kenny spoke warmly of St Patrick The patron saint of immigrants.
Best description of tRump I've read lately.
Best description of tRump I've read lately.
NBachers
(17,103 posts)6. This urine theme has proven quite enduring, hasn't it?
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)7. And endless stream of mirth. Glorious and golden. n/t
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)8. "Face like a crumbling urinal cake." The article was worth reading for that line alone.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)9. I have been laughing all day when I think of
Merkel's facial expressions. His were pretty funny to but Merkel's OMG.
MFM008
(19,805 posts)10. I laughed so hard
I freaked out the poor old cat on my lap.