A 'moody' Donald Trump is 'no longer enjoying spotlight after 'defiant' Stormy Daniels testimony, according to a body language expert.
This week Trump has sat in court while adult film actress Stormy Daniels gave testimony against the former president Donald Trump, saying her hotel rendezvous with him was like something out of her pornographic films. While being aggressively cross-examined by Trump's lawyer, Susan Necheles, Daniels made embarrassing assertions about the former president in the bedroom.
When asked about her true intentions with giving her testimony, Daniels maintained the intercourse in her adult films are "very much real" and claimed that "sex" with Trump felt just about the same. Now, a bod language expert has claimed Trump's demeanour appears to be changing as court testimonies turn deeply personal.
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Body language expert Judi James says: "Trump looks grim-faced and moody here, no longer the showman enjoying the spotlight, more like a man who is rendered humourless and perhaps angry by the current events during his trial.
"His head hangs low and his mouth is clamped in an oxbow expression with the corners pulled down low in an exaggerated gesture of dismal rejection. His body looks deflate and his eyes form a scowl with his lips clenched to suggest he has run out of oratory here. Even his one hand raised slightly to the cameras looks like a signal to say ‘no comment’.
"As he stands with his hand raise and the fingers splayed, palm-outward his cheeks look drawn while his part-opened mouth is again pulled down at the corners, while his brows are pulled into a serious frown.
"Stormy’s body language, in contrast, suggests defiance and determination. Her back is straight and her arm is straight to her side. Her mouth is partly opened and, although like Trump her demeanour appears serious, her expression is less grim and a little more relaxed than his, with some slight dimpling to suggest a more relaxed demeanour as she dips her head."
Susan Necheles, one of Trump's lawyers, wrestled that statement out of Daniels while insinuating that she made her story publicly just to get her 15 minutes of fame. The Trump lawyer cited how, by 2018, despite asserting that she wouldn't discuss the alleged scandal, she suddenly felt the urge to "publicly" admit to sleeping with the former president.
In a rather frank and curt manner, the porn actress replied “Nobody would ever want to” say that publicly. Daniels returned to the witness stand Thursday morning to continue her testimony against the former president, who faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal an alleged affair he had with Daniels amid his 2016 presidential campaign. Her cold words came two days after she spent hours detailing the 2006 affair withy Trump to a jury.
Trump's legal defense fervently attacked the porn actress's credibility during their cross-examination, claiming Daniels is merely out for money given her clearly "rehearsed" testimony. Daniels has fiercely denied these accusations. The defense also made a failed attempt at a mistrial, claiming the porn star's disposition had "nothing to do with this case and is extremely prejudicial."
The former president has maintained that the two never has sexual intercourse. Necheles expectedly cited Daniel's career as an adult star in order to sully her credibility. “You have a lot of experience of making phony stories about sex appear to be real," the Trump lawyer told Daniels on the stand.
She quickly shot back saying, “Wow. That’s not how I would put it. The sex in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room."