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This should be a very interesting Inauguration.

Via Daily Mail.

President Barack Obama and Donald Trump put on a united front and vowed to work together in what appeared to be a friendly meeting at the White House Thursday….

But even to the untrained eye it was clear there was some tension, and body language expert Patti Wood has analyzed the first meeting between the most powerful man in America and the person chosen to replace him.

Obama was ‘extremely fatigued, resigned and not hopeful’, while Trump was ‘tentative, serious and perhaps fearful’, Wood told DailyMail.com….

‘If you look at the seating position – their lower legs,’ Wood explains, ‘they are both in the male, alpha position saying “I am a man”.’

However, she adds that Obama’s legs are much further apart, which demonstrates strength and reveals he is subconsciously saying, ‘I’m still on top’.

But it was Trump’s hands that caught Wood’s attention – he put them in a ‘downward prayer position’.

‘The thing that is very significant is Trump’s hand position,’ Wood told DailyMail.com, describing it as the ‘downward prayer position’, which is not typical for the President-elect.

‘My read is that he has learned something he didn’t know before. It’s a tentative hand position.’

‘Trump holds his own hands as he begins speaking which is an indication he needs to comfort himself,’ she added.

Wood pointed out that as Obama gestures, he rests his arms on his legs. ‘That’s not typical Obama which tells me he is weary.’

The sitting president stressed during the meeting that his top priority was top ‘ensure our president-elect is successful.’

‘I have been very encouraged by the interest in President-elect Trump to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces and I believe that it is important for all regardless of party and regardless of political preferences to now come together, work together to deal with the many challenges we face,’ he said.

But Wood isn’t convinced. ‘There is a part where he says he has been encouraged,’ she said. ‘As he says it he closes his eyes. I call that an eye block. That tells me he doesn’t feel totally encouraged.’

However, she does think Obama believes they have to ‘work together’ to face the challenges. And Trump was serious and sincere in his statements, she said.

Wood, author of Snap: Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language, and Charisma, added: ‘Obama was extremely fatigued, resigned and not hopeful but very presidential.

‘Trump was serious and showed indications he heard information that made him fearful.’….