Thread by @DrGJackBrown

1/ THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4428-T: Donald Trump & Nancy Pelosi shaking hands (PHOTO) • #BodyLanguageExpert #BodyLanguage #DonaldTrump #Nonverbal #EmotionalIntelligence #NancyPelosi #Narcissist #PhysicalAbuse #ImpulseControlDisorder #Objectification #Misogyny

2/ The above image was taken on 20 January 2017 — at Donald Trump's inauguration.

3/ Note the manner in which Donald Trump is shaking Nancy Pelosi's hand:

• Pulling her hand dramatically toward his torso (probably touching his chest/jacket)
• Bending her wrist at a sharp angle (even if you're an 18-year-old athlete, can be painful, esp. if it's sudden)

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• Trump is lifting her entire arm much higher than any variety of normal handshake
• Trump is leaning into Pelosi's Personal Space
• Trump's grip intensity is unknown, however, in order to pull her hand-arm upward, it would have to be considerable

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• While Pelosi is directing her entire body toward Trump (feet, hips, chest, head, eyes, etc.), and her torso is upright, Trump is not 'full-body pointing' toward Pelosi. His feet, hips, shoulders, chest, etc. are rotated significantly and he is asymmetrically leaning in.

6/ Pelosi is orienting her entire body direction in a manner engendering rapport and respect, while Trump's body direction is significantly rapport destroying and is projecting disrespect, condescension, and an attempt to intimidate.

7/ SUMMARY: Men who shake other men's hands in this manner are, with extremely high reliability, narcissistic. Men who shake women's hands this way are not only narcissistic, they are also misogynistic and objectifying.

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8/ Such men think of women as objects to be used, not colleagues or equals. Moreover, men who shake hands like this have a dramatically higher incidence of impulse control disorder, violence, and sexual abuse.

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9/ It will come as no surprise, that in this moment, Donald Trump was deliberately trying to intimidate as well as cause physical pain to Nancy Pelosi.

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