After the much-anticipated summit in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, body language experts and psychologists say Trump seemed visibly ‘deflated’, signaling disappointment with the meeting’s outcome. Analysis of his posture, expressions, and gestures indicates his energy dropped sharply following inconclusive talks, a contrast to his initial upbeat arrival. Experts noted that Trump appeared frustrated, reserved, and less emphatic by the end of the summit, while Putin displayed confidence.
00:00When he shook hands with Putin, it was a normal handshake.
00:09He was not trying to do any overt power plays.
00:12So when we saw them meet on the tarmac, there was a real, genuine warmth.
00:16They looked like they were actually almost like friends.
00:19And one thing that I noticed he didn't do, so they were both sitting there doing positions of power.
00:24They were basically telling everybody in the room that we're in charge, right?
00:27His energy was down. He seemed, in my opinion, disappointed.
00:30He would do his teeth like that.
00:32Sometimes he does that when he gets frustrated or angry.
00:34So I don't think that it went exactly as he wanted.
00:37I think he was very deflated. That's what I saw at the end.
00:39Either that or just very tired.
00:41But to me, it looked like he was a bit deflated.
00:42So when we saw them meet on the tarmac, there was a real, genuine warmth between them.
00:59It looked like they really wanted to get along.
01:00You saw really genuine smiles.
01:02You saw President Trump staying very open.
01:04You saw when President Putin addressed him, he reached his hand out.
01:07They looked like they were actually almost like friends.
01:10So it looked like there was a real, genuine desire to connect and to get along.
01:15When we're trying to build rapport with somebody, physical touch is such a common way to do it.
01:18And President Trump does that a lot.
01:20And he doesn't do it to everybody, but he does it to people he likes.
01:23And one thing that I noticed he didn't do, and he's notorious for doing this,
01:26is that when he shook hands with Putin, it was a normal handshake, which may sound obvious.
01:31Why wouldn't he have a normal handshake?
01:33Because President Trump has a tendency to pull people towards him.
01:35It's a power play.
01:36He does that all the time.
01:37I've seen him do it with world leaders.
01:38He does this constantly.
01:40He did not do it today.
01:41And I thought that showed that he was not trying to do any overt power plays, at least at that moment.
01:45Well, both of them shared the same body language at that point.
01:48They both had their legs open.
01:49They both were doing what we call steepling, where you kind of do this.
01:52When you're an expert, sort of when you're the head honcho, the CEO, they tend to do that.
01:57And they were both doing that below their legs.
01:59So they were both sitting there doing positions of power.
02:01It didn't seem like they were conflicting with each other in that way, but they both were actively doing hand signs and sitting in positions that they were basically telling everybody in the room that we're in charge right now.
02:13When President Putin was speaking, Trump was very, he doesn't, he has a hard time sitting still.
02:20He doesn't do well when other people are talking for long periods of time.
02:22So he really was getting antsy.
02:24He would look over at him.
02:25Like he still was trying to connect in that sense, but he does get sort of impatient because I think he likes to talk and he's not the biggest fan of listening.
02:33That's where things got very interesting to me.
02:35So with President Putin, he was just giving a prepared speech.
02:39You didn't really see much actual emotion from him.
02:41He's just speaking and orating like anybody would in a situation like that.
02:46President Trump, however, was a little bit different.
02:48He seemed, based on what I could see, he seemed frustrated.
02:52His energy was down.
02:53He seemed, in my opinion, disappointed.
02:55He would do his teeth like that.
02:57Sometimes he does that when he gets frustrated or angry.
02:59So I don't think that it went exactly as he wanted based on his body language.
03:03The energy was so different.
03:04He was so excited to see Putin.
03:07He was really open and energetic.
03:10I just don't think he got what he wanted because you just saw him seem a lot more tame.
03:14He was less emphatic.
03:15Obviously, if you've ever watched President Trump talk, he talks with his hands all the time.
03:18He does a lot of this expressive stuff.
03:20You weren't really seeing much of that.
03:21And so I think he was very deflated.
03:24That's what I saw at the end.
03:25Either that or just very tired.
03:26But to me, it looked like he was a bit deflated.
03:28I think he did a bit of a buddy.
03:34I think there might be inches above you.
03:37This is basically the2017.com.
03:37This reminds me of a guy who does this.
03:38I don't know.
03:39I think there's a lot of people holding that money.
03:41Except there's a lot of him.
03:44I've seen him explain around.
03:46We're saving up.
03:48I don't think there's a lot of people involving themselves.
03:48You're ready to drop.
03:49I think there's a lot of people that are going to be interesting.
03:51That's where you have made me look at my head of Sioux Mauvic.
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