Overview
- President Donald Trump addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, discussing Greenland, U.S.–China relations and NATO.
- Behavioural expert Shelly Dar said he remained behind the lectern for the first 95 minutes, showing only his upper body and concealing lower‑body cues.
- Dar argued the stance created psychological containment, reduced emotional leakage and reinforced an image of immovability and authority.
- She observed that once he left the podium he visibly exhaled, his pace loosened and his pitch varied, appearing more confident when improvising than reading prepared remarks.
- Dar framed his approach as assertion over persuasion and dominance over dialogue, which she said conflicts with Davos’s multilateral expectations.