Key sign 'uneasy' Donald Trump is 'fed up' with Netanyahu spotted by body language expert

 

What did body language experts notice about Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu during their joint peace plan press conference?

During a high-profile press conference unveiling a 20-point peace plan, body language experts analyzed the very different ways former U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu carried themselves.

According to Inbaal Honigman, Netanyahu appeared deflated when he walked on stage. She observed that his eyes stayed down on his notes, avoiding direct contact with the press, and his ashen face suggested stress. Small fidgeting gestures—like reaching for the microphone and swaying side to side—showed discomfort and a desire to shield himself in a vulnerable moment. His darting eyes hinted that he was mentally scrambling, perhaps adjusting a prepared speech on the spot.

In contrast, Honigman noted that Trump stood tall and spoke in a slow, deliberate tone, signaling confidence and control. While Netanyahu eventually regained his footing and delivered his remarks with his usual assertive style, she pointed out that Trump grew visibly restless toward the end, pursing his lips in apparent frustration as Netanyahu’s confidence returned.

Another expert, Judi James, highlighted how Trump used dominant physical gestures—like back pats and hand clasps—to assert authority as the two leaders left the stage. Trump’s delivery, she said, was filled with dramatic pauses, heavy breathing into the microphone, and self-references in the third person, as if savoring his own role in history.

Netanyahu, however, was more forceful in both tone and words once he settled in. While Trump described the peace plan in grand, almost celebratory terms, Netanyahu’s language was starker—speaking of a battle between “civilization and barbarism” and praising soldiers who “fight like lions.”

The experts agreed that the dynamic shifted over the course of the event: Netanyahu moved from uneasy to commanding, while Trump projected confidence at first but showed flashes of impatience as his counterpart’s voice grew stronger.