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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm going to be petty about Trump, but this is interesting.
Have you ever noticed that when he stands he often seems to lean slightly forward?
Here's a theory as to why he does that: https://www.bodylanguagesuccess.com/2019/04/body-language-analysis-no-4382-why-is.html
(Briefly: he's shorter and fatter than he claims to be and he wears lifts in his shoes.)
Nevilledog
(51,219 posts)True Dough
(17,337 posts)Well done, Nevilledog!
Nevilledog
(51,219 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,268 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)riversedge
(70,347 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Must be giving him some intestinal problems.
llmart
(15,557 posts)You nailed it!
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)to straighten the tie to 'cover' that belly. Pull in that suit jacket..... I got news for ya Jack....that ain't covering shit.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)All about Camera angles and how the image appears on your TV.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Saw a guy at the gym last night with a trump like profile. Gut and ass seem bigger than chest.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)He's self conscious about his height. If not for the shoes he could be diagnosed with lumbar lordosis.
Ohiogal
(32,118 posts)yonder
(9,682 posts)which would go along with his smallish grabber things.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Gropey also fits. Gropey diminutive digits as The Ferret might say.
yonder
(9,682 posts)The Blue Flower
(5,447 posts)Awhile ago someone else photoshopped his face without the fake tan using his hand color. He looked ghastly.
Skittles
(153,220 posts)neither he nor his stepford wife look remotely natural
keithbvadu2
(36,962 posts)Melania had her 'kidneys' worked on. They are noticeably bigger now. And higher up.
Skittles
(153,220 posts)she is as disgusting as her husband
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,899 posts)True Blue American
(17,994 posts)Her eyes slant,too.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Commonly called "hunch" back -- the head thrust forward and the rounded shoulders. This is the condition that may force walking bent way over, with a cane or walker, as she ages.
peggysue2
(10,844 posts)That pitch forward can't be good for your back. It's a wonder he doesn't topple over like Humpty-Dumpty.
A girl can hope.
True Blue American
(17,994 posts)Problems in his feet and legs. Getting harder for him to walk.
peggysue2
(10,844 posts)He's obviously not well, mentally or physically. It could be neurological in nature. Unfortunately, we're all suffering with the man's afflictions.
forgotmylogin
(7,539 posts)Not good at all.
yonder
(9,682 posts)I've seen it before but lost it. Not this time
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)The links to his body language was interesting.
So, he puts lifts in his shoes . . . how pathetic.
My brother also noticed that all of his suits have extended shoulders. If you look closely, you can that his shoulders are shorter than where his suit ends. More puffery.
JesterCS
(1,827 posts)Hence leaning forward. Imagine standing eye to eye and he does that. It's a dominance thing
Kingofalldems
(38,496 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,463 posts)dalton99a
(81,636 posts)BlueJac
(7,838 posts)dalton99a
(81,636 posts)except WikiLeaks
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,064 posts)lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)Moostache
(9,897 posts)Within a week. He would stfu and spare us having to see his BS act and those fucking mannerisms/nervous ticks...
Please drop dead today shit stain...heart attack is waiting for him...just hurry up and arrive.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I'm not the slightest bit religious, but I'll be praying for this anyway just in case there is actually something to it.
llmart
(15,557 posts)Every time my 74-year old sister and I talk on the phone, she starts out by saying, "Why hasn't someone offed that f***er yet?" LOL Always cracks me up.
Bayard
(22,181 posts)You can't stand up straight and bring your butt into alignment under you.
Reminds me.....I need to start doing my situps and crunches again.
True Blue American
(17,994 posts)Works, too! Not as much as I would like, but enough.
forgotmylogin
(7,539 posts)I've been losing weight since last year, and what I notice is as the belly fat goes away, gravity doesn't pull forward as heavily and you can much more easily maintain a core tightness unconsciously in your abdominals that holds everything together and more upright without "sucking it in." With too much weight in front, the alternative is relaxing completely and letting it all spill forward which pulls you into the stance Trump displays.
The goal is to hold yourself up with your core stomach muscles and get your pelvis rocked back just a little, "sitting down" into posture a bit and bending your knees slightly so your front leg muscles take more of the weight instead of the bones of locked knee joints. When you work out your abdominals and quads, they are tighter and it happens naturally.
Trump may also unconsciously feel that the forward stance makes him appear taller when it actually does not. He's arching his spine to lift his chest and the extra front weight rocks his torso forward. Ideally, you want your spine stacked up straight like an intact Jenga tower.
procon
(15,805 posts)Look at how far the bottom of his jacket extends away from his legs. What does that look like... 10, 12 inches? His widest girth isn't below the waist like a typical big Beer Belly, but higher up where the fat is dangerously packed around his heart and lungs.
Gorge often, sir, be happy!
Dale Neiburg
(698 posts)He's standing on a slight upgrade and bending forward so his head (and sense of balance) are upright. Note that his upper body is parallel to the Washington Monument in the background, which is vertical -- the camera is being held at an angle here.
ooky
(8,930 posts)I bet he has back pain.
Another thing I've noticed is when he's sitting he always scoots his ass to the edge of the chair instead of just sitting back. I think he thinks it makes him look skinny to sit that way.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)...where the commentator noted that the reason Dolt45 looks so lumpy is that he insists on wearing silk suits. But his body is too big for silk, so it drapes in a shapeless, artless fashion. He needs to wear stiffer wool suits, but that's not "classy" enough for his gaudy version of wealth and class.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,899 posts)I've heard it said that he's a poor person's idea of a rich person. His NYC apartment looks like Versailles as redecorated by Saddam Hussein's pimp.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)... There is a pretty similar decorating style between him and Saddam, isn't there?
Demovictory9
(32,482 posts)I read they are $8k suits. Dont look it
Historic NY
(37,454 posts)demmiblue
(36,903 posts)My uneducated guess is that he is wearing his regular shoes here with his longer pants (the ones he uses with his lifts).
Regardless, he needs to get a new tailor!
CatMor
(6,212 posts)she reminds me of Sissy Hankshaw from Even Cowgirls Get the Blues because of what always appears to be extra big thumbs.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,117 posts)then every person wearing heels would have the same posture.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,899 posts)Wouldnt you lean back to compensate? But maybe lifts in your shoes move your center of gravity a little differently from ordinary high heels. It could be that the combination of lifts, a big belly and some kind of back problem is causing him to lean forward. Its odd, whatever it is.