Trump’s Secret Reading Aid Revealed: Donald Trump gave a subtle nod as he attempted to read his teleprompter while delivering his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, according to a body language expert.
“Much of his facial movement and eye contact was aimed at keeping his eyes on the page,” Mark Bowden reported. “His head was often cocked a fraction to one side, and when a sentence or paragraph was near its end, he’d switch the tilt to the other side, likely a trick to facilitate reading.”
Bowden continued, “Speaking his words off the teleprompter in a liturgical voice, his voice carried the flat, sing-song, repetitive tone that meant that most often he came across as a priest, rather than a mesmerizing president — a dull read.”
During the speech to Congress, Trump vowed to continue his mission of “swift and unrelenting action” as he sets to redirect the nation’s immigration and foreign policy, as well as its economy, and drain the federal government to reduce what he perceives to be frivolous spending.
The speech was blunt and left Democratic lawmakers to log their dissent with granite faces, messages that accused Trump of “bulls—” and “lies” and even the eviction of one legislator.
The speech was the latest milestone in his takeover of the country’s capital, where the Republican House and Senate have barely slowed him down as he and his allies aim to pass far-reaching cuts into the federal government.
The 99-minute address was the longest in recent history and was a sales pitch for the president’s policies in place. He vowed to keep introducing sweeping changes and rescue the nation from what he called the devastation and mistakes of his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.
Instead of addressing the American public, he addressed his political enemies, including the Democrats he blames for dismantling the country. The entire response was extremely staged, Bowden told Sportsbook Review, a sportsbook company that dabbles in political betting from time to time.
“His acting grew more intriguing only when he veered off the script, using his usual repetition to drive home points. Both hands were firmly clasped on the lectern for a majority of the time as he clung to verbatim readings of teleprompter lines that his speechwriters and advisers slaved late revising last-minute,” the analyst said.
In her Democratic response to Trump’s speech, Sen. Elissa Slotkin said to the cameras: “America wants change, but one is responsible and the other is reckless; we can change and not forget who we are as a country and a democracy.”
“His presentation became only more compelling when he departed from his script and employed his distinctive repetition for rhetorical effect. Generally, both of his hands rested solidly against the lectern as he clung to a literal reading of teleprompter lines that his advisers and speechwriters conferenced late into the evening to make minute adjustments,” said the expert.
Slotkin expressed the party line in a simultaneous response opposite Trump’s address: “America wants change,” but “there’s a responsible way to effect that change, and there’s a reckless way, and we can effect that change without forgetting who we are as a country and as a democracy.”
