Chris
04-19-2017, 09:21 PM
This is just terrible!
Etiquette Experts Weigh In On Trump’s Awkward Walking Distance From Melania (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-melania-body-language_us_58f769bbe4b05b9d613edb9b)
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People on Twitter recently pointed out that the president left his wife, Melania, behind while deplaning Air Force One over the weekend. In one photo, the president is at the bottom of the airplane’s stairs, greeting and saluting people on the ground, while Melania is still descending.
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...Though Trump and his wife have descended the stairs together at the same speed a few times before ― and many other presidents haven’t always descended the stairs with their first lady ― the incident is part of a larger pattern of the president’s body language and etiquette toward his wife. The Huffington Post reached out to two etiquette experts, Jacqueline Whitmore and Elaine Swann, to get their takes on Trump’s distance in the photos.
...“When a man and woman are coming down the stairs the man would go before her. The logic being that if she trips or falls, the man (generally being larger or stronger) would be in a position to catch her,” she [Whitmore] told HuffPost. That being said, Whitmore said the president’s distance in these pictures “could be perceived as a sign of disrespect.”
...“The husband at the bottom of the stairs, saluting and greeting the people there, and the wife is still at the top of the stairs – this is incorrect,” she [Swann] told HuffPost. “The proper thing for him to do is to wait for his spouse at the bottom of the stairs and then take her hand and assist her down the last few steps as she comes down. This was not done.”
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Etiquette Experts Weigh In On Trump’s Awkward Walking Distance From Melania (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-melania-body-language_us_58f769bbe4b05b9d613edb9b)
https://i.snag.gy/OhiyVq.jpg
People on Twitter recently pointed out that the president left his wife, Melania, behind while deplaning Air Force One over the weekend. In one photo, the president is at the bottom of the airplane’s stairs, greeting and saluting people on the ground, while Melania is still descending.
https://i.snag.gy/SuaLb8.jpg?nocache=1492655280001
...Though Trump and his wife have descended the stairs together at the same speed a few times before ― and many other presidents haven’t always descended the stairs with their first lady ― the incident is part of a larger pattern of the president’s body language and etiquette toward his wife. The Huffington Post reached out to two etiquette experts, Jacqueline Whitmore and Elaine Swann, to get their takes on Trump’s distance in the photos.
...“When a man and woman are coming down the stairs the man would go before her. The logic being that if she trips or falls, the man (generally being larger or stronger) would be in a position to catch her,” she [Whitmore] told HuffPost. That being said, Whitmore said the president’s distance in these pictures “could be perceived as a sign of disrespect.”
...“The husband at the bottom of the stairs, saluting and greeting the people there, and the wife is still at the top of the stairs – this is incorrect,” she [Swann] told HuffPost. “The proper thing for him to do is to wait for his spouse at the bottom of the stairs and then take her hand and assist her down the last few steps as she comes down. This was not done.”
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