Question for Body language experts

[gabeana]

Why dos Trump fold his arm so close to himself? Saw this today, doesn't folded arms mean a closed off personality?

He looks like a little kid who wants to go home

[Phoenix61]

1. It's considered defensive

People do this when they don't feel safe.

[gabeana]

3. So what do you think it means for Trump

he knows he is out of his element?

[Phoenix61]

5. He's incredibly insecure as are all narcissists

That's why he's always talking about how great he is and how much better he is than everyone else. If he really believed it he wouldn't be saying it all the time. Like when you're a little kid walking down a dark path saying "I'm not scared, I'm not scared..."

[gabeana]

8. Thanks for the explanation

I've done that pose myself it is usually when I am in an uncomfortable situation and I tell myself stop doing that, don't be so closed off, In certain situation I can be really shy, I don't see Trump being shy, so that pose of his surprised me

[C_U_L8R]

2. He knows he's a fraud

[Kirk Lover]

4. He does this frequently in these "appearances" .... n/t

[gabeana]

6. I noticed that too

it is not a normal look for a world leader, but Trump has not demonstrated that in any form, so no surprise there

[Irish_Dem]

7. Some thoughts:

He also does not sit back in his chair.
And he seems to be glaring when he folds his arms.
So he looks hostile, insecure and uncomfortable.

I think on an unconscious level, he is quite insecure and fragile.
Covered up by his grandiosity and bravado.
It does not take much to trigger his feelings of inadequacy.

In the meetings people are talking about topics which he knows nothing about.
And using big words and inside baseball slang and references that are totally over his head.

He cannot admit he needs help, nor can he ask for help.
It does not occur to him to prepare for the meetings.

So he begins to feel attacked, inadequate, and angry.
Hence the arms folding, the glaring, and sitting on the edge of his seat.
Would also explain his constant demand that people go around the room praising him.

[gabeana]

9. That is a good explanantion

makes a lot of sense

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yes I think the meetings are very hard on him. nt

[3catwoman3]

11. As Kirk Lover noted above, he does do this a lot.

His arms looked especially tightly crossed today.

And to the point of him knowing he is a fraud - damn right. At least some part of him, no matter how minuscule, must recognize that he is a total phony.

People who are really good at something don't have to yap about it all the time. They don't have to tell you - they just show you.