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Trump's bumptious body language dominates
wsbt.com/CNN ^ | Elizabeth Cohen

Posted on 09/17/2015 8:13:47 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

For anyone who watched Wednesday night's Republican primary debate with the volume turned down, there was a clear winner, communication experts say: Donald Trump, hands down.

"When it comes to body language, nobody does it better," says David Givens, director of the Center for Nonverbal Studies in Spokane, Washington. "He just neutralizes the opposition."

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He leans forward on the lectern.

Trump's opponents tend to stand up straight, which might please their mothers, but doesn't do much for the audience. Givens notes that Trump puts his hands on the lectern and leans forward. "It's like he's doing a pushup. It's a display of power," he says.

He gestures out to the audience.

It's a very big gesture, Givens says, reaching way out. "He extends his hands towards you. It's very personal," Givens says.

His palms are up.

When he does these big gestures, he usually has his palms up.

"He's saying 'I'm open, I am who I am and you can trust me,'" Morgan says, noting that Trump tends to have his palms up when facing the audience or when journalists ask him questions, but not when he faces his opponents.

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1 posted on 09/17/2015 8:13:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: hoosiermama; onyx; Jane Long; V K Lee; conservativejoy; RitaOK; Black Agnes

Ping


2 posted on 09/17/2015 8:15:49 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Trump: Orange Lives Matter.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Trump’s next book: The Art of Body Language


3 posted on 09/17/2015 8:17:39 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: RoosterRedux

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

Wait until the last paragraph to compare Trump to Mussolini...


4 posted on 09/17/2015 8:17:40 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: RoosterRedux

Body language sells.


5 posted on 09/17/2015 8:18:35 AM PDT by henkster (Liberals forget Dickens' kids forged an Empire on which the sun never set.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I remember Trumps face turning beet red on a couple of occasions, one in particular was an exchange with Carly, he did recover quickly each time, but you could tell he was steaming.


6 posted on 09/17/2015 8:18:43 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: RoosterRedux

And Bush on his tippy toes, what does that say?


7 posted on 09/17/2015 8:18:49 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Trump didn’t become Trump by luck.


8 posted on 09/17/2015 8:19:09 AM PDT by I Hired Craig Livingstone (DT16. Deal with it.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

It says Bush thinks taller people are winners and shorter people are losers.


9 posted on 09/17/2015 8:21:07 AM PDT by uncitizen (Make America Great Again!)
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To: RoosterRedux

He surely has the Obama/Mussolini look down pat!


10 posted on 09/17/2015 8:21:30 AM PDT by miserare ( RIP Officer Henry Nelson, RIP Deputy Darren Goforth; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: RoosterRedux
All a part of the art of dealing
11 posted on 09/17/2015 8:22:06 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: PoloSec

I saw that. I thought he was going to stroke out right there on that stage!

Carly gets under his skin.

Imagine— a woman Trump cannot dominate.


12 posted on 09/17/2015 8:23:03 AM PDT by miserare ( RIP Officer Henry Nelson, RIP Deputy Darren Goforth; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: RoosterRedux

What ever happened to Oh Really’s body language expert?


13 posted on 09/17/2015 8:23:18 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term governors)
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To: TornadoAlley3
And Bush on his tippy toes, what does that say?

I believe it says "I'm a ballerina!"
14 posted on 09/17/2015 8:23:44 AM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: needmorePaine

Lol!


15 posted on 09/17/2015 8:24:04 AM PDT by uncitizen (Make America Great Again!)
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To: RoosterRedux

One thing I noticed was that ALL of the other male candidates were really sweating...beads of sweat on their foreheads....not Trump.


16 posted on 09/17/2015 8:24:16 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: RoosterRedux

He leans forward on the lectern.

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No, he’s not. He’s speaking into the microphone. You would think he’s done enough public speaking to know better. You’d think he’d know that today’s mikes can transmit just fine without being an inch away.


17 posted on 09/17/2015 8:24:17 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: PoloSec

I remember Trumps face turning beet red on a couple of occasions, one in particular was an exchange with Carly, he did recover quickly each time, but you could tell he was steaming.
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I think CNN was screwing with the colors, or just bad lighting. Everyone’s faces and hair colors were screwy.


18 posted on 09/17/2015 8:24:27 AM PDT by g.orwell
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To: uncitizen
Too bad his height is the only thing he has going for him. Everything that comes out of his mouth comes off sounding like a sad apology.

I (almost) feel sorry for the guy, because you can tell his heart really isn't in this thing. He knows he's not going to win and doesn't even really want to. He was dragooned into this by his daddy and his Wall Street/Chamber of Commerce benefactors.

19 posted on 09/17/2015 8:25:05 AM PDT by jpl ("You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists." - Lt. General Michael Flynn)
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To: Jane Long

That’s right. The sweaters. Rubio, that guy from Wisconsin, Doughnut boy.


20 posted on 09/17/2015 8:26:42 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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