President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon made a rare public appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday. Despite rumors he and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus have a fraught relationship, they sat down for a joint interview, during which Bannon seemed to try to pat Priebus on the leg. Priebus seemed to not be into it.



The moment, caught in a Twitter video by Kyle Alvarado, has since gone viral, prompting (1) experts to analyze the touch and (2) people to have a field day over it.

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Please tell me somebody else saw Priebus' reaction to Bannon trying to touch him. #CPAC2017 pic.twitter.com/oNXGEvgNhv — K Why (@KJAlvarado124) February 23, 2017

Body language expert Patti Wood told the New York Daily News the action suggested that Bannon perceives himself as dominant but Priebus seemed to want to separate himself from a gesture that implied intimacy.

Lillian Glass, another body language expert, told the paper it was certainly an intimate moment, but that the men were just following Trump’s example: "When Trump likes you, he touches you and these guys are following suit.”

Meanwhile, on Twitter:

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Had to be done pic.twitter.com/Kr0PLmsxtH — ZanBizar (@ZanBizar) February 23, 2017

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No joke I could make could ever measure up to the video itself. Watch. Enjoy. Rinse. Repeat.

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