{"id":2011927,"date":"2023-08-25T11:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-body-language-showed-what-was-really-important-to-him-during-tucker-interview-expert\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T11:54:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:54:32","slug":"trumps-body-language-showed-what-was-really-important-to-him-during-tucker-interview-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-body-language-showed-what-was-really-important-to-him-during-tucker-interview-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert: Trump&#8217;s body language revealed true priorities in Tucker interview."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-body-language-showed-what-was-really-important-to-him-during-tucker-interview-expert%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2011927&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Trump&#8217;s\u2062 Body Language Showed What Was Really Important\u2063 to Him During Tucker Interview: Expert<\/h2>\n<p>While the other GOP hopefuls \u2062debated Wednesday night in Milwaukee, former \u2063President Donald Trump appeared in a previously \u200drecorded\u2064 interview with \u2062Tucker Carlson that began streaming on X, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> formerly known as Twitter, minutes\u200b before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaking-time-totals-for-first-gop-debate-are-in-they-dont-line-up-with-the-polling-averages\/\" title=\"First GOP debate's speaking time totals don't match polling averages.\">debate \u200dkicked<\/a> off.<\/p>\n<p>Trump used much \u2063of the interview to argue that the\u2064 other candidates were largely \u2063irrelevant, given\u2062 his own dominant position in \u200cmost polling.<\/p>\n<p>What he was saying without words, however, was the subject of an article from lifestyle site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelist.com\/1375275\/body-language-expert-donald-trump-true-motivation-gop-debate-absence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The List<\/a>, known for \u2064its coverage of the British royal family and\u200b other human interest subjects.<\/p>\n<p>According\u2063 to Mark Bowden, who the outlet described as a \u201crenowned body language expert,\u201d some of the most important\u2062 aspects of Trump\u2019s message weren\u2019t vocalized.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s posture, Bowden said, indicated \u2062a man with \u2064a \u201csense of control\u201d over his environment.<\/p>\n<p>During much of the interview, Trump\u2064 sat with \u2063his hands\u200b steepled,\u200c fingers wide, \u2064and thumbs up in\u2063 a signal of confidence\u2062 and power, he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Bowden also\u200b referred to Trump\u2019s use of the \u201cdouble shrug,\u201d which he said indicated the former \u2062president\u2019s \u201cmatter-of-factness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSingle shoulder shrugs are \u2063often associated with uncertainty, while a double shrug signifies matter-of-factness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the\u200d question of why he is not at the \u200cdebates, he is consistent in his use of the double shrug,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s right to do it,\u201d Trump said, which was emphasized by the shrug that \u200cBowden said \u201creinforces \u2064that\u2062 he wants \u2063us to understand it\u2019s more of\u2064 a moral obligation \u200dnot\u200c to attend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The body\u200d language\u200d expert also noted Trump\u2019s gaze, which\u2063 shifted from Carlson to the camera \u200dto reinforce certain\u2062 points with his audience. For example, when Trump mentioned that he was leading in the polls by 50 or 60 \u200cpoints, and then mentioned \u201cone poll\u201d that had him 70 points up, \u201che looks at\u2062 the camera again to\u2063 ensure that we\u2019re buying into the growing numbers,\u201d Bowden said.<\/p>\n<p>(The RealClearPolitics average of polls has Trump up 41.1 points over his closest challenger, Florida Gov.\u200c Ron DeSantis. While that\u2019s obviously a clear \u200clead, it\u2019s nothing like 50, 60 or 70 points \u2014 and\u2064 no August poll listed \u2064in\u2064 that average\u200c had Trump\u2019s \u200dlead higher\u2063 than 46 points.)<\/p>\n<p>Trump did the same thing when he referred to\u2064 DeSantis as\u2062 a \u201clost cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowden said that moment suggested that \u2064the\u200c Florida governor \u201cmay be who he sees as his biggest \u200dcompetition \u200bright now, and so he\u200d gives eye contact down the camera to the audience with\u2064 this discrediting phrase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can see \u200bsome examples of what Bowden\u2064 is describing in this short clip from the interview:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH:\u2064 When asked why\u200c he decided to skip the GOP\u200d Presidential debate tonight, President Trump\u200c explained to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson?\">@TuckerCarlson<\/a> that he\u2019s over\u200d 50 points up \u2062in the polls, adding, \u201cDo I sit there for an \u2063hour or two hours\u2026and get harassed by people who \u2062shouldn\u2019t even be running for\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eBZ4twavF2\">pic.twitter.com\/eBZ4twavF2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1694529373037044105?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The RealClearPolitics \u200cpolling average has Trump\u2062 at 55.4 points currently, with DeSantis at 14.3 percent, businessman Vivek\u200c Ramaswamy at 7.2, former Vice President Mike Pence\u2064 at 4.0, former South Carolina \u2064Gov. Nikki Haley at 3.2, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott at 3.1, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie\u2064 at 3.0. All of the other candidates were polling at\u200d less than 1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>RCP shows \u2063Trump with a smaller but still commanding lead in the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses, leading DeSantis \u2064by\u2064 26\u200b points.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-body-language-showed-really-important-tucker-interview-expert\/\">Trump&#8217;s Body Language Showed \u200dWhat Was Really Important to Him During Tucker \u2064Interview: Expert<\/a> \u2064 appeared first \u200don <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While GOP hopefuls debated in Milwaukee, former President Donald Trump appeared in a pre-recorded interview with Tucker Carlson on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. 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