Thread by @DrGJackBrown

1/ THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4634: Trump's Tick-like Nonverbal Behavior. #Trump #BodyLanguage #BodyLanguageExpert #CPAC

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1497738954589696005

2/ The shoulder-shrugging and neck foreshortening (colloquially referred to in the video as 'twitching') is a subconsciously-driven, tick-like response Trump exhibits with extremely high frequency when he mispronounces words — and then tries to ad lib his way out of the mistake.

3/ This verbal-nonverbal-verbal cluster behavior is similar to a person coughing whilst simultaneously moving their chair position and/or shifting their buttocks in their chair immediately after farting — in an effort camouflage an embarrassing faux pas.

4/ It's crucial to point out that we all occasionally misspeak — and most of us openly acknowledge the mistake and then correct ourselves. But Trump never corrects himself — he tries to cover it up (as if we didn't hear him) and then mangles the sentence even further.

5/ If we didn't know Trump, know his history, or anything about his behavior — we could predict, with very high reliability, from this odd misspeaking-shrugging-ad lib pattern, that this person would not only not admit other more serious mistakes — but also try to cover them up.

6/ And this is indeed Trump's behavior pattern. He NEVER admits he's made a mistake — about anything.

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