Of Melania avoiding those anus lips and the hat brim assisting? Do you think he misplaced his Tic Tac’s and she was “not” gonna let him “move on her like a bitch”? No matter how famous he is, even if he is pretending to be a fucking King?
Without Tic Tac’s the hole behind the anus lips smell’s the part.
Go Gavin, I saw a photo of him with finger to the chest as trump was leaning like Tower in Italy.
He should have slapped him on the back and just knocked him on his face.

and is close to 80 years old. You think she wants to get any where near his tiny mushroom dick?

Trump will ban that clip from all media. Because it paints a true picture. And Newsom just a kid. Assuming 4 years of trump. Helluva assumption on my part. And 8 years of Newsom (I’m a numbers nerd, humor me) he, Newsom, would be 8 years younger then trump is now.

They demonized Hillary for 20 years, but they’ve been demonizing California much longer. This is a propaganda war and they, unlike us, don’t hesitate to lie.

He has star power. We don't have a single potential candidate who doesn't have a big ticket reason some group is going to have a problem with them. I think he's a strong bet.

And already losing.

They clearly see him as a threat. That’s part of what’s behind their bullying over the LA fires and bullshit propaganda about spigots and salmon and alleged “mismanagement”

I actually was in awe. Damn!
I'm a teacher of interpersonal communication, which covers nonverbal comm, thus I am always analyzing body language.

First, showing up in work clothing shows Newsom as the hands-on leader.

The nonverbal comm described in the OP: That handshake, pulling that weakling back, the knife hand to the chest, the poke to the soft tissue, the total control of the conversation and the kiss on Melanoma’s cheek showed one thing.


Yep, all of these, Aviation Pro! I'll add these comments to yours:

The handshake--Newsom holds on until he's ready to let go. That's a trump trick, if you've noticed from past goofy trump stunts, almost comical where he turns a handshake upside down in his zeal to control. Newsom obviously observed this beforehand and had that planned.

Newsom takes full advantage of his height. He has a few inches on trump who boosts his height with his platform shoes.

Note at the 1:00-1:05 mark, trump puts his hand over his belt buckle, or protecting his stomach. He is getting vibes about Newsom mastering the optics and feels vulnerable. That's what public figures often do when they feel vulnerable in front of the camera. At this point Newsom has him aware (subconsciously) that he's being handled.

At the 1:38-40 point, Newsom pats trump on the back. That's a gesture of control and Newsom casually pats him so it looks supportive, but it's really a visual control gesture.

Try it yourself sometime. I'll give you an example. One time we in the communications department had a guest speaker from another university at a meeting . This speaker talked about control gestures. One of the comments he made is that a less powerful person never touches a more powerful person, like on the arm. And especially a pat on the back, such as what you saw Newsom do.

Immediately, as a joke, I decided I was going to touch my department head on the arm the next time I had a chance, just to see if he remembered this part of the speaker's comments.

Sure enough an opportunity emerged only a few hours later. I touched my department head on his forearm and he looked at me almost in horror. (The two of us get along well and are actually very good friends.) I started laughing and pointed out the comment of the speaker and then my department head got the joke and we laughed about it. But that will show you how engrained some of these gestures are.

There's more but I've written enough. The only other thing I'll mention is the language Newsom uses appears to be flattering but it's actually putting trump in a position where he'll need to do what Newsom needs him to do. Notice also that Newsom's gestures in this section are actually in front of trump.

Look at trump's face at the end. I think it shows anger. He knows he's been played.

Well played, Gov. Newsom!

P.S.

Oh, one oddity I picked up but don't know what it's about. Notice how Melanoma opens her mouth, closes it, opens it again. Not sure what that's all about.

I have always watched not only body language but facial expressions over everything.
I started laughing when Newsom dashed across that tarmac, grabbed Trumps hand, patted him on the back, then thumped him in the chest. All Trump could do was shake his head yes, while trying to break that death grip on his left hand. He actually stummbled, trying to get away..

Even my Dad could do that good,ole boy, hand shaking, Jean wearing bit. Trump has to wear a jacket to hide he far belly.

Trying to get loose!

What oranganus did to the microphone

Melania stopped half way down the steps as if to turn back, she actually half turned. That is when she saw Gavin waiting all by himself. I have never seen a Governor alone greet a President. There is always a group.

Trump actually stumbled in his haste to get away. Gavin then greeted Melania nicely.

I do not care what anyone says we just found our new leader. He puts the fake cowboy Governor to shame.

she knows the draft-dodging dingleberry will have another hissy tantrum if she is first.

His arrogance is predictable. She's shrewd, and wishes to keep her cuck from blowing gaskets, as usual.

Who abandoned President Biden when he needed their support!

looking forward to one.

Who are you supporting as of right now? A few names will work if you can't narrow it down to just one, and bonus points for telling us why you are supporting them!

He has been going toe to toe with Trump and the MAGAts since the election and kicking ass and taking names. There is a good chance he will be our candidate in 2028 and our next President.

I saw a young, tall, handsome, Jean wearing leader.
All the whining about no Democratic Leader just hit the rocks.

Back thumping glad handler as Newsom! He did not give Trump a chance to do anything, but shake his head yes. Gavin held on to his left hand, thumped him in the chest, patted him on the back several times.

When have you ever seen a lone Governor rush out on the tarmac by himself. In his tight fittin’ jeans, too
Trump was staggering, trying to get away from him. He has serious mobility problems.

trump big head blocks the kiss -- was it on the lips or the cheek? i can't tell

Hesitated on the steps when she saw Gaving alone. Like she wanted to turn back.

so that later that night he'd not throw another pouty whiney hissy...

his good looks stunned her!

Many became upset Gavin was flattering Trump. He was doing the exact opposite.

…trump’s overbearing demeanor. Very interesting. You go, Gavin!

There’s a huge leadership vacuum in the party right now and I think many have been wondering who will step up. This is the first signs of that post inauguration. There will be opportunities for others and a primary but the pole position is there for the taking.

the management of the fires will hurt him? Also, is he the right one to win SOME of the working class whites (stress some because most are gone forever)? I don’t know much about him but he will have the California (oh the horror..🙄 liberal label. We have to be smart so Vance does not win next time.

…the national narrative pushed by FOX and trump, because trump is in a fantasy world of his own where 150 years of water rights disputes and a billion years of geology can be overturned on his say-so. trump is incapable of learning — so we have to push our own narrative.

SOMETHING the repubs are going to hang around their necks. Whether it's being a woman, gay, Jewish, no charisma, no national name recognition, a POC or from California, every one of the possible candidates has something that will make Billy Bob "really, I'm a swing voter..." reject them. We literally do not have a perfect unicorn candidate.

I like Newsom. He's got charisma. He's got star power. He's got executive leadership experience.

Everything up till now that I have seen from Newsome, is playing to the base of the party, not leading it.