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1/ THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4457: Mike Pence reaction to Questions about Trump& #39;s Mini-Strokes — https://youtu.be/DDJNcTKwGIQ ">https://youtu.be/DDJNcTKwG... — Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence #BodyLanguage #BodyLanguageExpert #EmotionalIntelligence #Pence #Trump #MiniStrokes #Stroke #Lying #Deception
2/ Yesterday, Mike Pence was asked about allegations some people have made regarding possible & #39;Mini-Strokes" Donald Trump may have had — and then Trump& #39;s defense of them. What follows is a nonverbal and paralanguage evaluation of that exchange.
3/ Beginning at 7:51 in the above-referenced video, Bret Baier asks:
"This refers to Michael Schmidt& #39;s book where he says the President went to Walter Reed which in fact happened in November of last year — ..."
"This refers to Michael Schmidt& #39;s book where he says the President went to Walter Reed which in fact happened in November of last year — ..."
4/ "... he says in the book that you were put on alert to take control, to take office essentially, if he went under for anesthesia. Is that true?"
5/ MIKE PENCE: Um, President DDDonald [stutter/drawn -out D] Trump is in excellent health. And, um, Bret I& #39;m always informed of the President& #39;s movements and um, ah, whether it was on that day or any other day ..."
6/ "...ah, I& #39;m, I& #39;m [stutter] informed, but there was no [self-interruption] — there was nothing out of the ordinary a, about [stutter] that moment or, or [stutter] that day and I, I just refer the other question to the White House Physician."
7/ BAIER: "But as far as being on standby?"
PENCE: "I, I don& #39;t, I don& #39;t recall [multiple stutters]to be on *stand* *by* [sic] — I, I was informed that the President had a doctor& #39;s appointment and ahum, ah, I ..."
PENCE: "I, I don& #39;t, I don& #39;t recall [multiple stutters]to be on *stand* *by* [sic] — I, I was informed that the President had a doctor& #39;s appointment and ahum, ah, I ..."
8/ BAIER: I don& #39;t wanna say too much now on it, but I just wanna clear it up ...
PENCE [over-talking]: But I& #39;m must stay — yeah, I, I, I gotta, I gotta tell ya — [low stuttering] part of this job is you& #39;re always on standby — & #39;cuz you& #39;re Vice President of the United States..."
PENCE [over-talking]: But I& #39;m must stay — yeah, I, I, I gotta, I gotta tell ya — [low stuttering] part of this job is you& #39;re always on standby — & #39;cuz you& #39;re Vice President of the United States..."
9/ "...Ah, but, ah the American people can be confident that, ahum, ah this President a, a [low stutter] is in remarkable [sic] good health and ah, ah, a, every single day I see that energy in high relief..."
10/ At 8:07, as Baier begins his question, note Pence& #39;s hand position: His fingers intertwined (feigning authority, but feeling frustration) and positioned over his groin. This is a seated Fig-Leaf (genital guarding) and betrays Pence& #39;s beta/protective/emotional discomfort.
11/ Pence then displays a cluster of notable body language:
• Inhales deeply (anxiety)
• Grabs the bottom corners of his suit jacket and tugs them (hyper-beta/hyper-protection)
• Displays a re-emphasized fig-leaf (emotional discomfort, beta, protective)
and...
• Inhales deeply (anxiety)
• Grabs the bottom corners of his suit jacket and tugs them (hyper-beta/hyper-protection)
• Displays a re-emphasized fig-leaf (emotional discomfort, beta, protective)
and...
12/ Moreover, Pence:
• Looks down to his right
This is the quadrant to which we look during shame, sadness, guilt (remorse-guilt and complicit-guilt), and deception.
• Looks down to his right
This is the quadrant to which we look during shame, sadness, guilt (remorse-guilt and complicit-guilt), and deception.
13/ In addition, Pence begins his answer with, "Um" and if you listen carefully, he stutters/draws out his "D" as he begins to say, "DDDonald". This signals deep anxiety.
14/ Pence then leans his torso toward Baier whilst suppressing a smile. He& #39;s also displaying an asymmetrical morphology with his mouth/lips as he speaks.
15/ Smiling out of context should always raise profound red flags. Should a president who is undergoing a medical procedure worthy of smile/jocking/laughing? No. Is a question about a then 73-year-old man& #39;s health inherently funny? No.
16/ Often when people lie, they smile to varying degrees. This is known as & #39;Duping Delight& #39; because they take true joy-pleasure in the idea that their lie is being perpetrated successfully — or that they will escape their malfeasance with minimal or no punishment.
17/ These displaying these smiles, they will often put on airs of, "Oh, that& #39;s such a silly question, Bret". This is at once an immediate form of camouflage for their laughter/smiling — and also a form of gaslighting/manipulation.
18/ It& #39;s an incredibly common manipulative/gaslighting behavior pattern/default — particularly by superiors on subordinates — or by one spouse/partner upon another.
19/ Pence& #39;s torso leaning amplifies his, "that& #39;s a silly question" emotional feign. It also makes his smile somewhat easier to suppress (even though he& #39;s unsuccessful).
20/ During 8:21, as Pence says the word "excellent" ("Um, President DDDonald Trump is in excellent health) he makes a facial expression characterized primarily by:
• An Elevated Central Forehead Contraction
• A Partial (suppressed) Mouth Smile
• An Elevated Central Forehead Contraction
• A Partial (suppressed) Mouth Smile
21/ We all make this expression from time to time, those who make it frequently (as does Pence) have an extremely high correlation with sociopathy/psychopathy.
22/ If a person is answering a question or making a declarative statement whilst displaying this facial expression, their answer/statement, is, with extremely high probability, a lie.
23/ As Pence says, "Bret, I& #39;m always informed of the President& #39;s movements and um, ah, whether it was on that day or any other day", Pence shakes his head side-to-side.
24/ This head-shaking no whilst speaking an affirmation ("I& #39;m always informed") is contradictory. Whenever the body language is disparate from the verbal language, it& #39;s the body language that is speaking the truth.
25/ During 8:39, just after Pence says, "the White House Physician", he adopts an expression amalgam of:
• An Inward Lip Roll (suppressing strong emotions)
• Regret
• Mild Anger
• An Inward Lip Roll (suppressing strong emotions)
• Regret
• Mild Anger
26/ Pence then goes on to say, "I, I don& #39;t, I don& #39;t recall *stand* *by*". The manner in which Pence emphasizes "stand by" strongly suggests he was told something else (a synonym), just using slightly different nomenclature.
27/ The phrase "I don& #39;t recall", particularly when preceded by multiple stutters, is highly indicative of deception.
28/ If we look back just a couple seconds (8:42), as Pence says, "being told to", he is once again tugging the corners of his jacket in a protective/beta/emotionally uncomfortable tell while protecting his groin (fig leaf/genital guarding).
29/ Yet another jacket corner pull and groin protection display occur again after Pence [stuttering] says, "...yeah, I, I, I gotta, I gotta tell ya..." (8:53).
![29/ Yet another jacket corner pull and groin protection display occur again after Pence [stuttering] says, "...yeah, I, I, I gotta, I gotta tell ya..." (8:53).](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eg9Yg_BVkAA5QV9.jpg "29/ Yet another jacket corner pull and groin protection display occur again after Pence [stuttering] says, \"...yeah, I, I, I gotta, I gotta tell ya...\" (8:53).")
30/ As he says, "ahum, ah this President a, a [low stutter] is in remarkable [sic] good health", Pence once again displays a smile out of context together with a partial (suppressed) mouth smile while making a declarative statement/answering a question.
![30/ As he says, "ahum, ah this President a, a [low stutter] is in remarkable [sic] good health", Pence once again displays a smile out of context together with a partial (suppressed) mouth smile while making a declarative statement/answering a question.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eg9YqV8U8AEP75z.jpg "30/ As he says, \"ahum, ah this President a, a [low stutter] is in remarkable [sic] good health\", Pence once again displays a smile out of context together with a partial (suppressed) mouth smile while making a declarative statement/answering a question.")
31/ The degree of Pence& #39;s stuttering and misspeaking is dramatic in this short segment. This behavior shouts volumes regarding the Vice President& #39;s level of anxiety.
32/ Pence& #39;s choice of words, "every single day I see that energy in high relief" is profoundly telling. — Baier never asked him about Trump& #39;s "energy". So why did Pence say Trump& #39;s "energy is high". This is a Freudian slip ... [Trump/his "energy"] "is high".
