00:00When Biden and Trump took to the debate stage a few months ago, neither of them approached one
00:04another for the customary handshake. Flash forward to the Harris-Trump debate, where the vice
00:09president crossed the stage, seemingly to the surprise of even the GOP candidate. Now experts
00:14are weighing in, telling HuffPost just what the whole situation says about the pair and their
00:19dynamic. Mark Bowden, a body language expert, says since Trump is known for yanking handshake
00:24participants in, Harris made the right move, explaining the best way to deal with that is to
00:29come in hot and with a strong rigid arm, so that actually his instinct is to try and stop you,
00:34rather than pull you in. And behavioral scientist Abby Moronio seems to agree,
00:38telling HuffPost the fact that she encroached on his space says to me that was a show of power,
00:44saying that this tells Donald, I'm not afraid of you. Meanwhile, the behavioral experts say
00:48that Donald Trump's body language spoke volumes as well, from his lack of squared up shoulders
00:53when Harris first approached him, up until the moment he exited the stage. With clinical
00:57psychologist Denise Dudley adding, the true position of power is to own your own self and
01:01your own space and to be the person who can walk in, put out a hand and say hello, I'm Kamala Harris,
01:07that's the position of power.
