Reminds me of this one. Obama looks like the General's assistant.
Posted on 06/12/2018 4:20:11 AM PDT by simpson96
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - In their first moments of meeting each other, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un both sought to project a sense of command but displayed some anxiety at the start of their high-stakes summit in Singapore.
Body language experts said that in the 13 seconds or so the U.S. president held on to the hand of Kim for the first time, he projected his usual dominance by reaching out first, and patting the North Korean leader's shoulder.
Not to be outdone, Kim firmly pumped Trump's hand, looking him straight in the eye for the duration, before breaking off to face the media.
(snip)
Projecting authority comes easily to Trump, who as a global leader, businessman and former television personality is well-versed in using body language effectively. He also has a height advantage over Kim.
While both men walked to the library where they held their first face-to-face meeting, Trump sought to ease any tension in the air by chatting to Kim, and letting him walk slightly ahead.
Trump, however, maintained control over the chat by patting Kim, and using his hand to guide him, who is almost half his age, into the room.
Kim also patted Trump, in an attempt to assert control. He mainly looked down, listening, as Trump spoke, but did look up at several times during the conversation.
"Donald Trump was talking in conciliatory terms, almost submissive, but his body language was clearly saying 'I am in charge here'," Pease said.
"If you didn't know who these people were, you'd say the big guy was the father and the little guy is the son."
(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...
And the press beclowns themselves again...
>>And the press beclowns themselves again...<<
I am SOOO going to steal that term “beclowns.” I probably won’t remember from whence I stole it. If I am in a giving mood I might mention “some K dude.”
Honesty in theft is the best policy sez I.
Reading the media’s dissection of a handshake is like reading a 9th grader’s assessment of “A Tale of Two Cities.”
Reading the media’s dissection of a handshake is like reading a 9th grader’s assessment of “A Tale of Two Cities.”
???? I don’t understand the allusion. Please explain.
Ever read a high school book report? Most of us were taught to deconstruct everything in literary work early on, down to the most minute detail. As we get older, we realize that there’s little hidden meaning in anything and that brevity is often not only more appropriate but appreciated.
:It was the best of times; it was the worst of times."[?} Almost applies here.
“shows some nerves”
Meaningless words. This has no meaning. It was intended that way, so they could distort it later.
F*ck the media.
Reminds me of this one. Obama looks like the General's assistant.
If there's any way to crash this peace process, they'll try their best to make it look like an accident.
These 6th graders at a lunch table dispute EVERY handshake that Donald Trump has on camera.
That is significant. Kim learned, probably from watching videos of his meeting with Pompeo, in which Kim lowered his eyes when they shook hands. It made him look overwhelmed by Pompeo.
This is Kim's chance to enter the modern world and play with the big cats in a positive way, not just with bully threats that could make incredible disaster.
The befuddled looks on the faces of Hillary, 0bama and Biden as they witness the Benghazi massacre perfectly illustrate how out of their league that administration was and how blessed we are to have a real leader as commander in chief in President Trump. This photo needs to circulate all over social media for the next 48 hours.
Actually, I found the article excerpt to be fair. I do not wish to give Reuters clicks by going to the full article. (But I expect that the writers are despondent after having been fair to Trump.)
Most of us were taught to deconstruct everything in literary work early on, down to the most minute detail. As we get older, we realize that there’s little hidden meaning in anything and that brevity is often not only more appropriate but appreciated.
OK, got it! Thank you. But, on the other hand, one of the delights of reading a novel the second time is the ability to see the foreshadowing of things to come. [I know; the illustration breaks down in applying it to the Korea thing!]
The first time I read “Les Miserables”, I skipped over the 200 page description of the sewer system of Paris. When I got to the end of the book, I realized how important that description had been. Re-reading it was then a delight.
And then, remember, the disciples on the road to Emmaus after the resurrection: Jesus appears and explains to them all the things in the Scriptures that referred to himself. And their comment was “Did not our hearts burn within us as he opened the scriptures to us?”
I know this hasn’t anything to do with the body language of Trump and Kim, but it stimulated me to defend ninth-grade book reports!
Funny how Al Reuters never paid much attention to Obama the effeminate body language.
The first time I read “Les Miserables”, I skipped over the 200 page description of the sewer system of Paris. When I got to the end of the book, I realized how important that description had been.”
I think there’s a life lesson for all of us there... :)
This picture was staged to pretend that those in the Obma Admin cared about Benghazi. Not kidding. I remember the info that came out after this photo.
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