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It is an interesting phenomenon that someone who insists on interpreting the oneness to mean 'being with' will insist that the phrase 'standing at the right hand of God' to mean a literal standing of one physical body next to the physical body of another. It is the hallmark of scripture twisting when such foolishness is on parade. Can I make you my 'right-hand man'? If I give you directions that 'the hammer is over on the right-hand of the tool box' does the tool box have right and left hands to grasp with?

Can I make you my 'right-hand man?' Well, Joe Smith is probably the ONLY (false) 'prophet' who claimed God was HIS "right-hand man":

"I combat the errors of ages; I meet the violence of mobs; I cope with illegal proceedings from executive authority; I cut the gordian knot of powers, and I solve mathematical problems of universities, with truth-diamond truth; and God is my 'right hand man'." (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, vol. 6, p. 78)

So...apparently the Mormon progression is...
Jesus is the 'right-hand man' of Heavenly Father...
...and Heavenly Father is the 'right-hand man' of Joseph Smith...

There ya have the 'Mormon trinity,' replete with hymns int he Mormon hymnal with titles like "Praise to the Man" which...hint, hint...isn't a worship song to somebody with the initials J.C. but rather J.S., Jr.!