Nonverbal Communication Analysis №3682: Donald Trump Surrogate Pastor Mark Burns Caught in Deception — Body Language & Emotional Intelligence
Donald Trump surrogate, Pastor Mark Burns was confronted in this interview by CNN reporter Victor Blackwell — and at multiple times he exhibited a particular nonverbal tell which is very commonly seen in the context of deception.
Pastor Burns also displayed a multitude of verbal and paralanguage tells strongly suggestive of lying including stuttering, miss-speaking, changing the subject, not answering the question and even walking out of the interview leaving the reporter in Burn’s own church.
Both repeatedly and during strategic moments Pastor Burns displayed “Loose Tongue Juts”. One of these was vectored straight forward while the remainder swept from his right to left. These variations of the tongue jut are indicative of the emotional tones of: “I’ve just been caught”, “I’ve been bad” — or “I’m about to do something bad/get caught”.
Summary: No single nonverbal signal is always definitive for a lie. However when clustered with multiple paralanguage, verbal tells (statement analysis) and other nonverbal signs (Did you spot the other ones?) — this clustered example of repeated tongue jutting is highly consistent with deception.
This post and the associated website serve as reference sources for the art and science of Body Language/Nonverbal Communication. The views and opinions expressed on this website are those of the author. In an effort to be both practical and academic, many examples from/of varied cultures, politicians, professional athletes, legal cases, public figures, etc., are cited in order to teach and illustrate both the interpretation of others’ body language as well as the projection of one’s own nonverbal skills in many different contexts — not to advance any political, religious or other agenda.
See also:
Nonverbal Communication Analysis №3681: Hillary Clinton’s Low Transparency
Nonverbal Communication Analysis №3679: Donald Trump, Enrique Peña Nieto and The Wall
Nonverbal Communication Analysis №3677: Chris Brown’s Pre-Arrest Instagram Rant
Nonverbal Communication Analysis №3673: Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin separate after Sexting Scandal
Nonverbal Communication Analysis №3669: Jordan Spieth, Bill Murray and the Asymmetrical Smile
Nonverbal Communication Analysis №3648: Hillary Clinton, “I may have short-circuited”
Nonverbal Communication Analysis №3622: Theresa May’s First Speech as Prime Minister
Nonverbal Communication Analysis №3597: David Cameron, The Brexit and Suppressing Emotions
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