Kamala Harris and Donald Trump stated as a lot with their faces as they did with their phrases throughout Tuesday’s debate.
With their microphones muted except it was their flip to talk, in accordance with the talk guidelines, physique language took on outsized significance for Harris and Trump.
Harris specifically leaned into the nonverbal communication, keenly conscious that her each response was being broadcast to the world, “speaking” to the viewers even whereas Trump ostensibly had the ground. Networks confirmed a break up display screen with each candidates for a lot of the debate.
The subject took over social media nicely into Wednesday.
This was Trump’s face on the precise second Kamala Harris stated folks have been leaving his rallies out of boredom pic.twitter.com/4P3hdpxATY
— Conspiratorial Templates (@mynamehear) September 11, 2024
The controversy will be summarized in facial expressions. pic.twitter.com/omati470Ck
— Maggie Hennefeld (@magshenny) September 11, 2024
Kamala simply blinked the ten loudest blinks in American historical past pic.twitter.com/HKUu0ejQW5
— Joey Nolfi (@joeynolfi) September 11, 2024
Kamala is serving FACE Harris Trump debate #Debate2024 pic.twitter.com/3nXwYgYC21
— Stuart Brazell (@stuartbrazell) September 11, 2024
Trump appears to be like prefer it’s his first evening ever having a human face and he is testing out what it may well do each time Harris is speaking pic.twitter.com/y1t39NwANz
— Janel Comeau (@VeryBadLlama) September 11, 2024
At numerous factors she appeared amused or befuddled by no matter Trump was saying, as if w ordlessly saying he was mendacity. Just a few occasions she dramatically put her fingers below her chin, eyes vast, head tilted. Different occasions she laughed.
Trump generally scowled, generally smiled curtly. His eyes flashed anger or annoyance, maybe even boredom at occasions. He hardly ever checked out Harris whereas she spoke, as an alternative pointing his face ahead towards the cameras or ABC Information moderators.
When the candidates did have the ground, Trump and Harris each gesticulated with their palms, mannerisms which are by now acquainted to Individuals who’ve spent lots of time watching them.
