President Trump hosted Elon Musk in an unusual conference at the Oval Office to discuss the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an initiative led by Musk. Trump claimed DOGE found billions in waste, fraud, and abuse, but provided no specifics. The conference sparked social media reactions, particularly focusing on Trump's posture while Musk stood and addressed reporters. Body language experts analyzed the dynamic, suggesting Musk's standing position conveyed power, and Trump's seated posture displayed stress and a desire to maintain control.
Trump began the conference by giving Musk , his most powerful adviser, the floor to speak about efforts to downsize the government via the Department of Government Efficiency , an initiative the Tesla and SpaceX CEO is leading. Trump claimed during the conference that DOGE has found “billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud and abuse” in government spending — though neither Trump nor Musk offered specifics.
“Musk wearing a T-shirt, coat and a cap shows he doesn’t feel a need to dress up or honor Trump by wearing professional clothing,” she said., a communication and body language expert, told HuffPost that she believes Trump and Musk’s different positions showed the “trust and respect” that the president has for the billionaire X owner., a psychologist and author of “Making Relationships Last,” told HuffPost that the standing vs.
There were “mistimed and miscommunicated regulatory signals between them,” he said, adding that “Regulator signals are gestures that help us understand who should speak when.”“Unfortunately, the optics of this could suggest that Trump fundamentally disagrees with Musk — or at best, is visibly indifferent to Americans receiving the Social Security they deserve,” Bowden said.
“If you can have the wealthiest person on the planet in a room, standing with their child, still wearing their coats and hat, then clearly, you are the more powerful one,” he said.a question by jokingly saying that his son, who was then on his shoulders, was sticking his fingers in his ears. A reporter had asked Musk to divulge more information about the fraud his DOGE team has claimed to have seen within the Treasury Department.
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