Advertisement“And you can see the way he’s shaking his hand, President Trump has control of that room, and I have a lot of confidence in this meeting,” Backus said. Though critics found this fawning to be a bit much, it did raise the question of what body language might actually say about the dynamics between the two men. HuffPost spoke with body language experts to better understand what might have been going on during the parts of their conversation we could see — and their responses were telling. Getty Images/Huffpost President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and their greeting and parting stood out to body language experts. So he’s taking a dominant action to pull rather than stop and do a normal handshake,” Wood noted.

Source: Huffington Post November 09, 2025 16:37 UTC