The expert also said \u2018a clear demand from FIFA\u2019 had been made in the way the trophy was presented
\nAdvertisements
\nA body language expert has said US president Donald Trump had a clear reason for staying onstage during Spain\u2019s World Cup celebrations, even as he claims FIFA president Gianni Infantino tried to direct him away.
\nSpain claimed victory in the World Cup, beating defending champions Argentina 1-0 in a tense finale to what has been an exciting and at times controversial tournament.
\nAs the Spanish team lifted the trophy and celebrated, US president Donald Trump stood next to them on the podium along with Infantino.
\nTrump was one of the few people who was permitted to handle the World Cup trophy, presenting it to Spanish captain Rodrigo Cascante, or Rodri, before the team celebrated their victory.
\nBut all the while Trump could be seen hovering at the side of the stage in a repeat of the move he pulled at the FIFA Club World Cup last year.
\nBody language expert Mark Bowden told why Trump was eager to remain onstage during the celebrations, even as he claimed Infantino was trying to direct him away.
\n\u201cAfter the presentation, the FIFA president tries to direct Trump to move away from the team and out of frame for the final celebratory photo,\u201d he said, revealing the real reason Trump stayed put.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, Trump lingers on the edge of the group just as the final glitter cannons go off for the celebration still shot that will be shown across the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy doing so, Trump manages to get a chance to remain in the final, iconic photograph.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bowden also claimed the winning team appeared to be happier to interact with Infantino than they were with Trump.<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout the line, players from both sides, including the victorious Spaniards, clearly preferred to spend more time with the FIFA President with whom they were much more jovial and physically comfortable and celebratory than with President Trump,\u201d he told
\nBowden also noticed one thing about Trump\u2019s body language and interactions which appeared to be different to how he often interacts with others.
\n\u201cAgain and of note, Trump makes no attempt to pull any of these players off balance, completely breaking from his purposeful, signature handshake routine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe absence of his usual handshake really illustrates how this signature Trump move to pull others off balance is a conscious choice for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crucially, Bowden noted that the players themselves appeared to be less than thrilled at the prospect of interacting with Trump.<\/p>\n
\u201cNone of the players spend a second longer than necessary with Trump, except for Spain\u2019s captain, Rodrigo (number 16),\u201d said Bowden. \u201cTrump gives him a double shoulder hold, doing his best to assert some kind of connection and mutual dominance with the chief player of the winning side.\u201d
\nTrump presented the trophy to Rodri, with Bowden analyzed the body language in this climactic moment in the World Cup.
\n\u201cFinally, the World Cup trophy is presented,\u201d he said. \u201cThe FIFA President and Trump present it equally together, with both men placing both hands on the trophy at the exact same time and carrying it together, a clear demand from FIFA that the status be shared.\u201d
\nWhere is the next World Cup?<\/p>\n
Morocco, Portugal and defending champions Spain will co-host the FIFA World Cup in 2030, marking the football tournament\u2019s 100th anniversary.
\nIt\u2019s set to run from June 8 2030 to July 21 2030, making it the longest World Cup in history at 44 days.
\nFIFA also announced that three separate matches will take place in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, as a tribute to the first-ever World Cup back in 1930.
\nPlus the three special opening centenary games will be played at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, Argentina; the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay; and the Estadio Osvaldo Dominguez Dibb in Asuncion, Paraguay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The expert also said \u2018a clear demand from FIFA\u2019 had been made in the way the trophy was presented Advertisements A body language expert has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14181,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14179\/revisions\/14181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}