A body language expert has revealed her insights on what happened during Barron Trump and Joe Biden’s ‘mysterious’ interaction at the inauguration on Monday.

People have been captivated by a brief exchange the President’s son shared with the former POTUS, which is going viral on TikTok.

In the clip, the 18-year-old can be seen grabbing the Democrat politician’s hand before he leaned in and appeared to whisper something in the departing commander in chief’s ear.

While the Delaware native had a smile on his face before his interaction with Barron, after the teen made his elusive remark, Biden’s happy expression was replaced with a solemn look – and people on the web have been dying to know what he said.

On TikTok, where the video has received more than 500,000 views, some users in the comments section made their guesses at what Barron could have possibly told Biden to make him pivot to such a sombre expression.

‘Looks like he said, “You’re done” lol,’ one person joked.

But speaking to FEMAIL, communications coach Judi James has now explained that the truth may be far less exciting.

‘Barron very confidently and by all appearances charmingly bent to shake hands and exchange a few words with Biden,’ she recounted.

A body language expert has revealed her insights on what happened during Barron Trump and Joe Biden ‘s ‘mysterious’ interaction at the inauguration on Monday

‘And although Biden’s face seems to fall as though Barron has passed on some kind of sinister threat or message, the truth was less dramatic as Barron seemed to be leaning to greet Kamala and Biden’s face was registering the fact that he’d finished his greeting ritual with Trump’s son.’

However, the expert said misconceptions about what he may have said could come from the fact that Barron’s behaviour oozed ‘super-confidence’ and ‘humour’ as he worked the room.

‘When he was introduced by his father, he stood like a rock star acknowledging the cheers and chants of his name and even cupped his ear to increase them,’ she continued.

‘Which is probably why people might assume (wrongly I’d say) that he’s possibly making barbed comments on his way out here.’

Judi highlighted that Barron was ‘working as a “sweeper” yesterday, which is a role he now frequently adopts when he attends his father’s events’.

‘This means he tends to arrive and leave behind his parents but instead of just walking off behind them as he did when he was younger, he spends time shaking hands and offering gracious-looking words,’ she explained.

Speaking to FEMAIL, communications coach Judi James has now explained that the truth may be far less exciting

People have been captivated by a brief exchange the President’s son shared with the former POTUS, which is going viral on TikTok

‘This behavior begins to define his personal presence and status but without compromising that of his dad’s.

‘He lets everyone know that he is becoming a force to be reckoned with in his own right and because of his height and the increase in his confidence signals, it gives him a rather princely air, presence-wise.

‘The fact he does this behind his parents shows a level of trust from them, too.

‘Biden had been on the receiving end of a flame-thrower speech from Trump, where he had sat in a variety of poses including pained deflation and bravado smiling as his entire four years in office were scorched to ashes.’

The 18-year-old New York University student was joined by his mother, Melania Trump, and his elder half-brothers and sisters at the 2025 inauguration of President Donald Trump on Monday in Washington, D.C.

The viral video comes after Barron was praised as ‘a true gentleman’ for shaking hands with Biden and Harris.

The gesture of peace also led to social media users deciding that the college freshman was ‘raised well’ by his mother Melania.

‘I was very impressed by that gesture and from someone so young. To go across the aisle and shake their hands was a very classy and mature thing to do. Good for Barron,’ one person said.

However, the expert said misconceptions about what he may have said could come from the fact that Barron’s behaviour oozed ‘super-confidence’ and ‘humour’ as he worked the room

‘When he was introduced by his father, he stood like a rock star acknowledging the cheers and chants of his name and even cupped his ear to increase them,’ she continued

Judi highlighted that Barron was ‘working as a “sweeper” yesterday, which is a role he now frequently adopts when he attends his father’s events’

‘Such a good young man… That gesture just tells you everything. Well done Melania,’ another said.

Barron showed off a new slicked-back hairstyle as he attended his father’s second inauguration.

He looked smart in a long, black overcoat with a white shirt and purple tie as he attended a church ceremony at St. John’s Episcopal Church opposite the White House on Monday morning.

The NYU-Stern student, who towers over his dad and mother at 6-foot-9, kept his expression neutral as he walked into church and sat in a pew alongside his parents.

Trump was flanked by every member of his family as he took the oath of office for the second time, further securing the political future of the Trump dynasty.

The president’s brood have stayed close to their father over the course of his political career and as he returns to the Oval Office, it has become clear that the family remain as pillars who will carry on the MAGA legacy once his term is finished.

All five of Trump’s children were front and center Monday with Barron even standing by his side as he was sworn into office.

Trump’s other children and 10 grandchildren were also center stage for the swearing in, dazzling MAGA fans as they danced the night away at the glamorous inauguration balls.

Trump and Melania hit three inaugural balls in one night a they lit up Washington D.C. to mark the beginning of a new MAGA era.

The new President and First Lady celebrate their first dance at the Commander in Chief ball on Monday

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump both pictured at the Liberty Ball on Monday night

The newly sworn-in president and his glamorous first lady started at the military-themed Commander in Chief Ball, before heading to the nearby Liberty Ball where they danced onstage with the entire Trump family. Then, they motorcaded to Union Station for the Starlight Ball.

‘We needed three because we have such support,’ Trump told the crowd at the Liberty Ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center Monday night.

Melania debuted a leggy, white-and-black gown, which was custom-made by Hervé Pierre, the same designer who crafted her 2017 inaugural outfit.

They did their first slow dance to The Battle Hymn of the Republic, played by the United States Marine Band, before being joined onstage by Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife, Usha.

Both couples then danced with members of the military, as is the custom.

‘This is quite a gathering huh?’ the 47th president said to the crowd that numbered in the thousands, with many servicemembers sporting their dress uniforms.

After Trump was sworn in during a ceremony surrounded by tech titans and media moguls, the president promised a ‘new golden age of America.’

‘You are now witnessing the dawn of the golden age of America,’ he claimed. ‘We’re not going to put up with that crap anymore.’

Trump turned his rally at a downtown Washington arena into a signing ceremony as he grabbed his pen and issued multiple executive actions to institute major policy changes.

He then went back to the Oval Office – his first appearance of his second term – to sign several more.

The president said he would sign pardons back at the White House and indicated those convicted in the riot on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. would be released Monday.

Trump officially halted 78 Biden-era executive orders, announced a regulatory freeze preventing bureaucrats from issuing regulations until the Trump administration has full control of the government and a freeze on all federal hiring except for military and a few other essential areas.

He also ordered a requirement that federal workers return to full-time in-person work, a directive to every department and agency to address the cost of living crisis, and announced withdrawal from the Paris climate treaty.

But when it comes to defining Britain’s place in the world, the task for the review’s authors — led by former NATO Secretary-General and Labour peer George Robertson — is a far harder one.

The review will have to address the implications of Donald Trump’s message that he wants to pull back from the United States’ role in defending Europe — an uncomfortable shift in a relationship long seen as a cornerstone of British security.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Defence Secretary John Healey and the wider British military establishment have consistently sought to emphasize the strength of the transatlantic partnership under Trump, refusing to engage with suggestions that the U.K.’s security calculation might be changing.

But some members of parliament and analysts are already warning this represents a dangerous blind spot for the U.K. government, which there seems to be little appetite to address.

“I’m afraid the top brass never went to see ‘Love Actually,’” said Nick Witney, former head of the European Defence Agency — a reference to the 2003 rom-com where a U.K. prime minister stands up to the U.S. president.

The dilemma

While reviews of recent years dwelt on “Global Britain” and the “Indo-Pacific tilt,” the latest version was always likely to see a sharp swerve back toward Europe, necessitated by the harsh reality of war in Ukraine.

VILSECK, Germany — For this small Bavarian town, the Pentagon’s decision to redeploy U.S. troops within Europe might spell the end of its decades-old German-American way of life.

Located an hour’s drive from the Czech border, Vilseck has been home to thousands of U.S. civilians and soldiers since the 1950s and currently hosts the U.S. Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment. That history has left its mark on the town, creating an economy enmeshed with the American presence — a situation mirrored in next-door Grafenwöhr, a vast base where Elvis Presley spent several weeks after being drafted.

That dependence is now coming to haunt Vilseck and other U.S. Army host towns across Germany. Following U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s announcement last week that 12,000 troops were being removed from Germany, they face an uncertain economic future.

And with some 4,500 soldiers to be redeployed from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck will be hit hardest.

That the town’s barracks could be empty in a few years’ time worries Mayor Hans-Martin Schertl. “The economic clout of the training areas here and in nearby Grafenwöhr combined has been calculated to be around €650 million annually,” he said, sitting in his office overlooking Vilseck’s town square days after the U.S. announcement.

If thousands of Americans have to leave, “real estate prices are certainly going to go down because demand could not possibly be as big as supply,” Schertl said, adding that many local Germans rely on American tenants paying rent for their homes.

A short distance from the town square, Bobby Grassick, managing director of Vilseck Military Auto Sales, echoed the mayor’s remarks.

“It will affect the area dramatically,” Grassick said, sitting behind his desk next to the showroom of his car dealership. Real estate prices and rents in the area receive an artificial boost from the American presence, he noted.

Some distance from the nearest Autobahn and not close enough to regional hubs Nuremberg or Regensburg to profit from their urban sprawl, Vilseck qualifies as what Germans like to call Pampa, a rural area in the middle of nowhere — which typically features a relaxed rental market.

“All these houses you see around here — or a lot of them, let’s say — they’re built for the American families,” he said, adding that Germans who invested in them “will sit on these empty houses when the Americans are gone, because they will never get the rents that they need for them from the local Germans, because they wouldn’t be able to afford them.”

Crisis looming

Vilseck landlords aren’t alone in facing a crisis.

“We have no industry, either,” said Sabine Kederer, owner of Hotel Angerer in Vilseck, which dates back centuries and where “around 80 percent of guests have something to do with the Americans or are Americans themselves.”

Many establishments in the town cater specifically to Americans, from restaurants — such as the Angus Steakhouse, whose 1-kilogram steak pushes the boundaries of even the meaty cuisine of Bavaria — to travel agencies advertising exclusively transatlantic flights. The town’s places of worship include not only the region’s typical Roman Catholic churches, but also the New Life Christian Center and the New Testament Christian Church.

Kederer thinks Vilseck should have started diversifying its business model away from the U.S. presence years ago. In her opinion, the picturesque town should be advertised as a tourism spot or affordable alternative for city-dwellers who don’t want to spend all their money on rent. Without such strategies in place, she is worried the withdrawal will deal a severe blow to the local economy.

But apart from the economic aspect, she is also sad to potentially have to say goodbye to friends. Aside from the soldiers, many American civilians, such as family members, live in and around Vilseck.

“It’s been going really well with the Americans,” said Kederer, adding that her 9-year-old daughter’s best friend is American. Not only are they “inseparable,” she said, but also bound to benefit from each other’s language skills.

Most Germans in Vilseck agree that the American presence has added to the quality of life in town beyond the economic perspective.

“I used to work as a safety supervisor on the school bus,” retired local Brigitte Trummer said, adding that the town’s German and American children have always gotten along. “I’m sad to see the Americans go … Vilseck is going to turn into a ghost town.”

What Washington wants

Mayor Schertl still hopes his town can avoid that fate.

“Trump is facing resistance from Democrats and some Republicans on the issue,” he said, adding that the move makes no strategic sense: “Everybody says so, including former commanding general [of the U.S. Army in Europe] Ben Hodges … and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is rubbing his hands — 10,000 U.S. soldiers less that he would have to fear one day, should he choose to annex the Baltics or whatever.”

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to tour Central and Eastern European capitals next week to discuss the redeployment of troops. The precise itinerary is still fluid, but the current plan is for him to visit Prague on Tuesday or Wednesday and then move on to Slovenia and Poland.

Grassick has a different view than Schertl.

“The Americans don’t see the threat on the ground here in Germany directly, they see it more toward the borders with Russia — hence the buildup in Poland — they want to move more in that direction than to be here on the ground,” he said. (The U.S. has said that it would move some troops to Poland, though the Pentagon last week said the affected Germany-based troops would mainly be moved to Italy and Belgium or back to the United States.)

Either way, Grassick’s not too worried about his business, although it is 100 percent tailored to American needs.

“We’re importing cars from the U.S. for the soldiers to buy here so that they can take them back home when they leave. They look the same, but they’re entirely different vehicles, with their lights and windshields and all not conforming with European standards,” he said.

As part of an agreement between the U.S. and Germany, his American customers don’t pay import duty, Grassick explained. Germans, on the other hand, would have to pay “29 percent on top” for one of his cars, so the troop withdrawal should wreak havoc on his business model — but he said that with only a few years to go until retirement, “it doesn’t really affect me that much.”

For Kederer, the stakes are higher. “This hotel has been in my family since 1666 and I lead it in the 14th generation,” she said. “I don’t want it to end with me.”

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Senators Cory Booker, Dick Durbin, and Amy Klobuchar, and Representative Katie Porter all similarly reiterated their previous calls for Menendez’s resignation. “You’ve got to know when to hold ’em, and know when to fold ’em,” Senator Tom Carper said, advising Menendez to do the latter.

Some have gone further, advocating for Menendez’s expulsion from the Senate should he fail to resign. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued a statement saying, “If [Menendez] refuses to vacate his office, I call on the United States Senate to vote to expel him. In the event of a vacancy, I will exercise my duty to make a temporary appointment to ensure the people of New Jersey have the representation they deserve.”