What Melania's rudeness to Donald Trump hides
An expert in nonverbal communication explains the first lady's reasons for removing the hand of her husband from the president of the United States.
The slap that Melania (47 years old) gives to Donald Trump (70) upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv continues to generate comments. The moment of disagreement between the couple was captured by television cameras and graphic reporters who were there. After disembarking from the plane, the marriage walks in the direction of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu (67), but before reaching him the president of the United States tries to take his wife by the hand and she refuses the gesture. An expert in non-verbal communication has spoken with EL ESPAÑOL to try to explain the reasons that led the Slovenian woman to withdraw her husband's hand.
Cristian Salomoni, vice president of the ACoNVe association, which brings together and certifies experts in Nonverbal Behavior Analysis (CNV), believes that the easiest way is to think that Melania's slap is due to anger between her and her husband . As an expert in the field of gestures and signs, he testifies that the 'rudeness' of the one day Playboy girl has more to do with questions of protocol: "Melania always takes great care of the formalities. She is always very aware of this issue She is the one who gives him a hand on her heart sign during the national anthem, she is the one who always strives for the two of them to be up to the task and also demonstrate with their non-verbal behavior that they are prepared with the role of president and first lady". This is also one of the reasons why Melania is always one step behind her husband. "Again it is to comply with protocol. He is the one who is the president of the United States."
Apart from the rules and formalities in public events, the video also makes clear the relationship between the presidential couple: "There has never been a connection between them, it is noticeable by their proxemics, that is, the use they make of their personal space. When they danced in the investiture act they hardly touched, even the kisses that are given in public are seen as they do not touch the cheeks, in addition they always walk with totally different rhythms. There is a physical distance that translates into psychological distance ".
Before Donald Trump and Melania arrived at the White House on January 20, the relationship between the couple in their different public appearances was more fluid. "Their relationship was 'high-touch' and 'highly sexualized, with him freely and easily touching intimate areas of her body in public,'" fellow body language expert Patti Wood tells the New York Times. between them would have changed. The foreign press does not stop generating headlines assuring that Melania is sad and unhappy in her marriage. The presidency was his dream, not hers.
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Without going any further, a day after the famous slap in Israel, another gesture has been commented on in which Melania "disguisedly" dodged the hand of her husband. It happened when both landed in Rome, within the framework of the first international tour carried out by the North American president.
Melania Trump AGAIN rejects Donald's attempt to hold her hand as they disembarked Air Force One in Rome https://t.co/LrKXnPfVYq pic.twitter.com/Az4XKTDFrh
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) May 24, 2017
It is also worth remembering, to cite more disagreements between the couple, the face of the first lady during Trump's inaugural speech when he became president of the United States. The president turns around, she smiles at him and then her face turns cold.
A couple of weeks ago, Melania herself "liked" a tweet that made fun of her husband and their relationship. The message was from the writer Andy Ostroy who said "it seems that the only wall that Donald Trump has built is the one between him and Melania Trump".
