Thank you very much, poconopundit, for posting this.
For anyone who may be interested, I went to see him a couple of weeks ago and I’ll share the impressions I now have of President-elect Trump.
I wanted to see him in person and to be close enough to see his eyes because I wanted to be able to pick up on any “red flags” which could signal a discrepancy between his words and his facial expressions and body language.
We got to the rally very early and I was able to stand in the third row slightly left of center in the mosh pit. ;-).
For about a week after the rally I considered and mulled over my experience and experiment then I shared with my husband my finalized impressions of then-candidate Trump. Interestingly, my husband told me that his impressions were the same.
My impressions are this:
Body language: perfectly in accord with his message. If he’s acting, he’s better than Cary Grant. ;-) Seriously, there was no hint which I could pick up of anything less than forthrightness and openness.
Facial expression, eyes: high intelligence, shrewdness, resignation, and resolve.
Finally, excessive ego: none. No kidding. (By the way, these are MY impressions and flamers will be ignored.)
For the record, I already liked him very much before seeing him at the rally, but it’s practically impossible for me to trust anyone 100% or to support any political candidate 100%. There’s a strong part of me that is always testing the other person’s integrity.
I believe Donald Trump will be one of our greatest presidents.
pax
I suppose we've been fooled so many times by politicians and other people that it takes a long time to build true trust. Emerson was fascinated by this human need to look people in the eye...
The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage, that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over. You can read in the eyes of your companion, whether your argument hits him, though his tongue will not confess it.
Each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence. Whoever looked on him would consent to his will, being certified that his aims were generous and universal. The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.