'Duping delight': Body language expert busts Trump for 'lying' about the Bible
A sharp-eyed body language expert says he caught Donald Trump in a "deception cluster" when the former president claimed he owned many books, of which the Bible was his favorite.
Dr. Jack Brown, an emotional intelligence expert who has been featured on CNN and ABC News, took to X Wednesday to explore the subtle messages Trump's body sent in a video hawking his $59.99 Bibles.
"Donald Trump body language indicates he is lying when he says the Bible is, '... my favorite book,'" Brown writes. "Trump is also lying when he says, 'I have many.'"
Brown's 17-tweet thread walks through the precise body language he believes belong to a man who was expressing "duping delight," or pleasure in the well telling of a lie.
Specifically, Brown looks at the moment when Trump looks into the camera and says "All Americans need a Bible in their home and I have many. It's my favorite book."
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"Trump has many tells when he lies, and a specific cluster of deception tells is displayed during and immediately after he says, 'many,'"
Brown explains.
Brown then breaks down a deception cluster of body language that includes tilting and rotating his head, raising his eyebrows, widening his eyes, and clenching then jutting his jaw.
The specialist also argues a small pause before the word "many" is "quite telling" as is a smile suppressed and the shaking of his head when Trump declares the Bible is his favorite book.
"The suppression of a smile is always a tell that there's undisclosed information,"
Brown writes. "A smile while raising one's forehead is an insincere smile."
Brown believes the smile represents information withheld then posits what Trump's secret may be.
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"In many cases, this is a manifestation of what is known as 'Duping Delight'" Brown explains. "The underlying thought emotion cause of Duping Delight is a person taking joy-pleasure in the act of what they believe to be is their successful perpetration of a lie."
The body language expert warned those who enjoy duping delight are not showcasing a healthy emotional life.
"It's also crucial to keep in mind that what gives a psychologically healthy person joy-pleasure is almost always very different from what gives a psychologically unhealthy the same emotions," Brown said.
Brown asked viewers to consider his theory; "Whenever a body language signal contradicts the verbal message, it's the body language that's telling the truth."