Body language expert Judi James has revealed what the First Lady was really thinking during her husband’s birthday parade over the weekend
A body language expert has revealed what Melania Trump was really thinking during her husband’s military parade on Saturday, which marked the US President’s 79th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the American Army.
The 55-year-old First Lady stunned in a white pinstripe skirt power suit. While her husband donned his usual attire – a navy suit, white shirt and red tie – for the special ceremony which took place outside the White House.
In a rare public display of affection, Melania held Donald’s hand during the parade and smiled throughout. But body language expert Judi James thinks her communication with her husband “suggests some tension” between the couple.
She observed: “Her left hand seems to perform a small ritual that suggests inner tension, or she lifts it to preen her hair as it wafts in the breeze. When Trump is seated, it looks like another day in the White House office.
“While Melania performs a wide, Duchenne smile, his smile is the lip-clamped, acknowledging version and his posture slumps as he rests his elbows on his thighs and splays his knees with his hands forming a downward steeple gesture.”
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The expert further noted to Daily Mail.com that Melania was “more rigid” than her husband and “almost mirroring the military pose of Pete Hegseth on Trump’s other side.”
Though on the rare occasion Donald does talk to her, Judi noted Melania – who has been married to Trump for 20 years – “becomes more animated, leaning quickly sideways to listen and smile.”
But it seemed the ceremony might have been a bit too long for the President, as a photo of him apparently catching forty winks went viral on social media.
A snap circulating on X, previously known as Twitter, shows a seated Trump with his eyes shut, seemingly dozing while the military procession continued. And critics didn’t hesitate to poke fun at Trump nodding off, with some calling it a ‘disgrace’.
“Trump seen falling asleep at his own birthday military parade,” one user posted on the social media site. Another jested: “It was past his bedtime”, as a third ribbed: “This mutha sucka couldn’t even stay awake at his empty birthday parade. Chile, bye! #DemUnited #NoKingsParade #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace.”
A fourth remarked: “Falling asleep again, on his Birthday. No this is not at Pope inauguration. The military parade that he desperately wanted, and Americans paid millions for… So disrespectful of the US Military. Disgrace.”
But it wasn’t just Trump’s apparent snoozing that hit the headlines. Thousands of protests sprung up across the country against Trump’s authoritarian tendencies – under the banner ‘No Kings’, which also put a literal damper on the proceedings.
To add to the drama, protesters gathered to make their dissent heard against the festivities. Overshadowing the parade, was a towering, eight-foot-tall effigy of Trump sat on a toilet.
It comes as Trump threatened to respond at ‘levels never seen before’ if Iran attacks the US, sparking fears of World War Three.
At least nine people are dead and more than 100 have reportedly been injured after Iran launched a barrage of missile strikes at Israel overnight, in retaliation for Israel’s Friday strikes. Those killed range in age from 10 to 80 years old.
Israel also launched overnight strikes, hitting the Iranian Ministry of Defense headquarters in Tehran. The Israeli military said it had targeted other locations that “advanced” Iran’s nuclear program, setting it back possibly by years.
Distancing his administration from the attacks, Trump said Washington had no role to play in the escalating trouble as he issued a warning to Tehran not to bring his country into the conflict.
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Source: Mirror
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