Doesn’t he do it at most speeches? Seems I read he did it at the beginning if the Veteran speech.
No, I think he reserves that finger gesture for certain times. If he did it all of the time, it would be different. Of course, you would expect one of his handlers to point it out if it was just some sort of nervous habit. Pretty sure he has done it just a few times.
BTW, how are you, my FRiend? I remember you from our gatherings in 2000. “Get out of Cheney’s House!” I sat across from you at dinner at that Italian restaurant the night before Bush’s first inauguration.