Ms James believes he cut a “distracted” figure.
She told Daily Express US: “It’s an unusual move to arrive jacketless and dress yourself while your greeter is waiting but Putin’s body language is unusual throughout this clip, from a deflated start with submissive eye expressions that show one micro-gesture eye-rounding that looks fearful to the re-booted, alpha leader who is sitting at the power seat addressing the meeting.
“His body language at the start looks wary and lacking in status signals. Climbing from the car he keeps his eyes lowered, glancing up at his greeter once but that is when his eyes appear rounded in a micro-expression that might normally suggest fear.
“He glances away quickly as he pulls his jacket on and even when he finally instigates the hand-shake his other hand is still buttoning his jacket.
