A body language expert claimed Melania Trump’s body language drastically changed as she became First Lady.
Body language guru Judi James told Express.co.uk that the first months as First Lady “involved some very low-key and low-status posing” while Donald Trump adopted a power approach.
This meant no attention or status-sharing with his wife Melania, according to the expert. “He was the star of the show and she often hung around in the wings.”
Judi commented that Melania’s key focus was to look “immaculate and beautiful – her smile was perfectly executed but rigid enough to hint at the effort involved”.
The expert claimed that her poses also lacked spontaneity and she looked more like a “Sphinx and very enigmatic while her husband soaked up all the attention”.
During the first few months in the White House, “Melania seemed to see her role as one of complementing and stoking Trump’s alpha male credentials”.
Judi explained that her “red carpet body language” suggested she saw herself more as a “beautiful attachment” rather than an “equal”.
However, Melania’s body language started to change as she became more popular. Judi commented that there was “a turning point” that showed she finally “saw herself as a fully-fledged FLOTUS with popularity and status in her own right”.
She continued: “Instead of shadowing her husband, spontaneous waves and direct connections to her audience suggest growing confidence and a growing lack of wariness about upstaging Trump.”
She became more confident, started to consider herself as equal to her husband and the couple became more of a team.
The body language expert explained: “Melania seemed to drop the model posing and opted for a pseudo-military stance instead, using symmetric poses with her shoulders squared and arms straight down at her sides.
“Here the mirroring between the Trumps present them as equals and very much a team of two, with the hand clasp hinting at a desire to signal affection and agreement.”
