President Barack Obama and Donald Trump put on a united front and vowed
to work together in what appeared to be a friendly meeting at the White
House Thursday. But even to the untrained eye it was clear there was
tension between the pair, and body language expert
Patti Wood has
analyzed the first meeting of the most powerful man in America and the
person chosen to replace him. 'The thing that is very significant is
Trump's hand position,' Wood told DailyMail.com, describing it as the
'downward prayer position' (pictured inset main and inset), which is not
typical for the President-elect. She also pointed at their seating
position, with Obama's legs wider than Trumps (main).
Obama was 'extremely fatigued, resigned
and not hopeful', while Trump was 'tentative, serious and perhaps
fearful', Wood told DailyMail.com.
Obama and
Trump, whose election win sent shockwaves around the world on Wednesday,
talked for more than 90 minutes in the Oval Office before addressing
the media.
It
was a public display intended to help the country digest the results of
Tuesday's presidential election after violent protests broke out across
the country Wednesday night.
The president-elect called Obama a 'very good man'.
'If
you look at the seating position - their lower legs,' Wood explains,
'they are both in the male, alpha position saying "I am a man".'
However,
she adds that Obama's legs are much further apart, which demonstrates
strength and reveals he is subconsciously saying, 'I'm still on top'.
But it was Trump's hands that caught Wood's attention - he put them in a 'downward prayer position'.
'The
thing that is very significant is Trump's hand position,' Wood told
DailyMail.com, describing it as the 'downward prayer position', which is
not typical for the President-elect.
'My read is that he has learned something he didn't know before. It's a tentative hand position.'
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