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Donald Trump’s body language uncovered: ‘If you’re the silverback, you stand proud’

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69% Informative

Keir Starmer was skating a tricky line, between matey familiarity and patronising reassurance.

Trump ’s body language looked completely untaught, because nobody could teach this.

He has his hands pointed downwards in what experts of non-verbal communication call the steeple’.

Trump replied that the British were incredible fighters and could take care of themselves, relenting in a generalised way that he would “always stand with the British ”, accompanied by a little spontaneous hand-hold, coming from underneath, that took Starmer by surprise. It was not dominant but nor was it what you’d call reassuring..

VR Score

64

Informative language

58

Neutral language

38

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

44

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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