The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for January 20, 2025 Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. The event was prepared with great pomp and attention to detail. The politician was accompanied on this important day by not only his family Melania Trump at the forefront, but also guests such as Barack Obama and Elon Musk. Donald Trump himself appeared to deliver his inaugural speech. We were interested not only in the content of the politician's speech, but also in the non-verbal messages he conveyed during the event. We asked an expert – a public speaking trainer – to decipher and evaluate them Maurycy Seweryn.
The expert looked at Donald Trump's hands. They betrayed a lot
Donald Trump began his speech by welcoming the guests, listing all his predecessors who sat in the Oval Office in the White House. Right at the beginning he didn't try to be modest and blurted out that when he took power, it was for America the “golden era” begins. – America's golden era is just beginning. From this day forward, our country will prosper and be respected around the world again. All nations will envy us, we will no longer allow ourselves to be exploited, he said.
Author of the book “The Speaker's Body Language” Maurycy Seweryn he assessed Donald Trump's speech for us and immediately saw that he was a politician he was stressed. – When starting his speech, the president expressed great stress. Stressful behavior had already appeared earlier when the results were announced elections. Then he touched the microphone. This move was preceded by behavior that is rare among public figures, because, like Trump, they try to hide their emotions. It's about moving your hands quickly – just like u kidshe rocked them. When the rocking is slow, we calm down, when it is fast, we enjoy it. With Trump it was this slow, i.e. calming, movement – we heard.
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However, this is not the end, because the expert also noticed others disturbing signalswhich Trump sent nonverbally. – An element indicating nervousness Mr President, was that despite his well-written speech, despite the fact that he is an experienced speaker, he hardly gestured at all during his speech. The first gesture didn't appear until around the fifth minute. He only took his hands off the lectern when he used gestures, and there were only those Three during the entire speech. This is very little. He only took them off when he was leaving the podium during the applause.
Maurycy Seweryn also emphasized that Trump had found an alternative to the lack of gesturing. – She was there expressive facial expressionswaggled his eyebrows and moved his shoulders. He expressed his emotions only in this way – we heard. – As for the president's facial expressions, yes There was never a single positive emotion here. He was bent over all the time, with his arms spread wide signaled authority – said the expert. According to Seweryn, he was also supposed to manifest power a specially selected tie policy. Trump chose a burgundy shade that day addition with a characteristic pattern. – It is supposed to symbolize elegance and power – summed up the author of “The Speaker's Body Language”.
The body language specialist also noticed Donald Trump during his speech he often frowned. However, this was not a sign of dissatisfaction. The reason was different and extremely prosaic. Politician he couldn't see the prompter subtitles well. The organizers failed here because they did not choose the right font size.