A body language expert has said Melania didn’t ‘want to be there’ during husband Donald Trump’s victory speech.
The 78-year-old convicted felon has been projected the winner of the US presidential election following a nail-biting campaign against Kamala Harris.
But before it was projected that he had won the swing state of Wisconsin to tip the votes, he’d already taken to the stage to speak at his campaign’s watch party in Florida.
Trump said it was an ‘extraordinary honour’ to be elected the 47th and 45th president, adding that it’s going to be the ‘golden age’ for America.
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He was joined on stage by the likes of Dana White, JD Vance, and campaign staff, as well as Melania – pausing the speech to give her a kiss on the cheek.
But while he praised her book (where she wrote about her pro-choice stance on abortion) and thanked her for working ‘very hard to help people’, she apparently didn’t want to be there.
Darren Stanton believes the 54-year-old first lady ‘really doesn’t like being put on the spot'.
The media psychological coach, body language expert, and human lie detector said on behalf of Spin Genie: “Something Trump does a lot is putting people on the spot, but Melania really doesn’t like it.
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“She doesn’t like being front and centre and having the attention on her, it’s a very awkward dynamic between the two.”
Stanton went on to add that she ‘only turns on the smiles and emotions’ when her husband is looking at her.
“She just has such a reluctance in her expressions. She doesn’t want to be there, in the limelight. She doesn’t like the limelight,” he said.
The body language expert described her smile on stage as ‘fake’, only doing it ‘because she has to’.
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“There’s not the level of emotion you’d expect given her husband has just been elected president,” he continued.
“It’s all quite contrived, she’s just reluctant to show any emotion, there’s no real happiness or joy. There’s always an awkwardness with Melania.”
Stanton suggested that perhaps she doesn’t want to be ‘the first lady as a side note’ but rather as a ‘strong woman’ and therefore tries to ‘avoid situations where she’s seen as lesser than him’.
When Trump kissed his wife, the expert said it further shows a ‘real disparity in emotion’.
“Her head’s up which is almost like a gesture of defiance, she is reluctant to reciprocate the action,” Stanton explained. “There’s no passion, she doesn’t want to be there and doesn’t like showing emotion towards him, but instead prefers to maintain her own composure.”
Topics: Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Politics, US News
Jess Battison