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05th Feb 2017

Body Language Expert Explains Why Trump Avoids Holding Melania’s Hand

HerFamily

President Donald Trump is a man obsessed with himself.

It’s hard to think of another public figure who dedicates quite so much time talking about themselves, their achievements, and why The Apprentice is so much worse with Arnold Schwarzenegger hosting.

He is the President, though, and you have to look the part. You’ve got to look strong. You’ve got to look decisive. You’ve got to look caring. Actually, scratch that last part. Trump is not known for his compassion.

Video has emerged of the President and the First Lady heading out for a weekend break at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, in which Trump appears to reject holding his wife Melania’s hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywPuZgbWld0

It’s odd, and more than a little awkward, but why would Trump not want to be seen holding his wife’s hand, a thing that most couples wouldn’t think twice about doing?

Patti Wood, a body language expert, told Mail Online that it’s a power play, an attempt to be seen as a presidential alpha,

“Typically a hand-hold shows a couple as a unit. But to me, I think he’s been saying, ‘I want to be seen as the president on my own’, which is very much alpha. ‘I want to be just the powerful me’ and it’s clear that that’s his choice.”

Wood added,

“Holding hands can communicate so much about an individual and a couple, depending on the position of the hands, who reaches in first, who breaks it first.

They hold hands in private, so we know that there’s a coupleness that we weren’t seeing in public or at the inauguration.

What’s fascinating, I think to all of us, is that they’re holding hands at all. “

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