{"id":565802,"date":"2026-07-29T20:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/565802\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T20:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:46:13","slug":"body-language-expert-reveals-meaning-behind-netanyahus-exchange-with-trump-vance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/565802\/","title":{"rendered":"Body language expert reveals meaning behind Netanyahu&#8217;s exchange with Trump, Vance\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The picture said it all. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/28\/us-news\/vance-thune-lead-tributes-to-american-original-lindsey-graham-i-feel-his-absence-every-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vice President JD Vance<\/a> looked \u201ctense\u201d when he posed next to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/27\/world-news\/netanyahu-to-provide-trump-with-intel-on-irans-pickaxe-mountain-nuclear-facility-source\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> and President Trump during the former\u2019s visit to the White House on Tuesday, according to a body language expert. <\/p>\n<p>Vance, an ardent skeptic of US interventionism abroad and advocate of pursuing peace with Iran, sat in on the meeting after missing the earlier one with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to attend the service for late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).<\/p>\n<p>Vance is more distant from Netanyahu and Trump in the Oval Office photo. Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a gap in physical distance\u00a0with Vance. Vance\u00a0seems to be outside\u00a0of the group, and his smile is tense as you\u00a0can see\u00a0the tenseness in his lower jaw,\u201d Lillian Glass, a Florida-based body language expert, told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe does not appear\u00a0to be that comfortable, as you can see his fingers are more curved on the left side, indicating tension and\u00a0discomfort,\u201d Glass, who has been an expert witness in federal and state courts on behavioral analysis, added. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is in stark contrast\u00a0to Trump, whose\u00a0hands and fingers are very relaxed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House meetings with Zelensky and Netanyahu took place behind closed doors with no press access.<\/p>\n<p>Vance had infamously clashed with Zelensky during a Feb. 28, 2025 Oval Office meeting that was open to the press, though the two later mended fences. <\/p>\n<p>Trump was all smiles during his meeting with Israel\u2019s Netanyahu.  X \/@yechielleiter<\/p>\n<p>The vice president recently ripped into members of Netanyahu\u2019s cabinet last month for publicly trashing the memorandum of understanding with Iran. He has also <a href=\"https:\/\/katv.com\/news\/nation-world\/jd-vance-rips-into-netanyahu-in-phone-call-over-iran-war-report-white-house-middle-east-fox-news-jesse-waters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reportedly ripped<\/a> into some of Netanyahu\u2019s claims behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I was in the Cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world,\u201d Vance said during a White House press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also had tough conversations with Netanyahu at times. Ahead of their meeting, the president publicly complained about leaks that the Israeli leader intended to brief him about Iran\u2019s nuclear activities at Pickaxe Mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Zelensky sits in the Oval Office during a meeting with Trump on Tuesday.  X\/@ZelenskyyUa<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Glass found that the images of Trump and Netanyahu from the Tuesday meeting signaled friendliness between the two. <\/p>\n<p>She assessed that Trump looked \u201chappy to see Netanyahu\u201d and had a \u201cgenuine smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump is completely relaxed facially and body language-wise as he reads the card,\u201d she said of the photo showing the president reading from his card. \u201cHis leg is pointed in the direction of Netanyahu, which means he genuinely likes Bib and feels very comfortable in his presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the photos of the meeting with Zelensky, Glass found that both the Ukrainian president and Trump looked happy to see each other. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump is genuinely happy as he has a genuine smile and leans his head towards Zelensky. Zelensky does the same, leans his head\u00a0towards\u00a0Trump,\u201d she said of the photo showing them seated.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also beamed when he was photographed with Zelensky.  UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is very telling, a good sign, is that their elbows are touching one another. They are in physical contact,\u00a0which\u00a0means they\u00a0genuinely like one another and are happy to be around one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She noted that another photo showed Zelensky \u201ccautious and contained\u201d and that Secretary of State Marco Rubio also looked \u201cguarded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has seemingly warmed up to Ukraine over recent months as the US ally has proven to be remarkably formidable against Russia, particularly with its drone capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The picture said it all. 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