Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg was described as 'so uncomfortable' at Donald Trump's inauguration and 'like a fish out of water', a body language expert says.
The billionaire attended the event in Washington DC with wife Priscilla Chan, and was next to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, as well as CEO Sundar Pichai, and Elon Musk. Despite being surrounded by the great and good from the upper echelons of US society, it is said Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, and , struggled to fit in.
Body language expert Inbaal Honigman, from , said: “Mark Zuckerberg is so uncomfortable, he starts to nod and greet Jared Kushner before Kushner has finished shaking other people’s hands. We see the inventor nodding once, twice, thrice before Kushner clocks him and shakes his hand.
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“This lets us know that Zuckerberg is feeling like a fish out of water and his social graces are all mixed up. He smiles when he shakes Jared’s hand, with his cheeks rounded, like a teen greeting a crush. Zuck appears unusually excited to be greeting Trump’s son in law."
After his second inauguration, Trump declared the USA would enter a "golden age" and made a flurry of pledges including sending , "taking back" the Panama Canal and renaming the Gulf of Mexico. said he would immediately begin issuing executive orders to designate cartels as terrorist organisations, send the military to the southern border with Mexico and tackle gender recognition. He is expected to sign upward of 200 executive orders today.
Trump campaigned promising mass deportations, swift ends to conflicts and improving the living standards for millions of people in the country. The Republican previously made outlandish declarations stating he would "act like a dictator for a day" leading to condemnation from his detractors.
to the White House has been remarkable with many political observers believing his chances at a second term being finished following the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Two separate impeachment attempts against Trump failed and he was able to rebuild his public image during his easy run for the Republican party nomination.
