Politics

The Independent

Ahead of the first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, debate organisers followed health guidelines and restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic to limit size of the in-studio audience and restrict the candidates' interactions, including forbidding the traditional handshake between candidates before the start of the debate. “Extraordinarily painful to watch,” said body language expert and motivational speaker Patti Wood, author of Snap: Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language & Charisma. … His choice to be on the attack, nonverbally he did that very specifically by looking at Biden when he was interrupting and talking over him, and turning his upper body toward him.