the body language battle started fast with the vice president striding deep into the former president's half of the stage and all but forcing him to shake her hand then immediately putting him on defense my opponent has a plan that I call the Trump's sales tax first of all I have no sales tax Trump spent most of the night staring grimly ahead rarely glancing her way no matter what she said you're going to hear a bunch of lies and that's not actually a surprising fact while har watched him smiled put her chin in her hand it's weaponization and seemed more at ease with each moment at least to former FBI senior profiler Joe Navaro she looked at him with laser likee focus and did not hesitate at all it was a far cry from Trump's triumphant stance when facing his fans and a telling exchange came when Harris attacked those very events people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom Trump's lips pursed his eyes widened he was alarmed by it anytime we're surprised or alarmed we tend to open our eyes to let more light in I think this is one he never anticipated Mr Vice President I'm speaking I I'm speaking at one point Trump lifted part of Harris's act from a 2020 vice presidential debate with Mike Pence in Minnesota she went out wait a minute I'm talking now you know mind please does that sound familiar and Harris drew a few cautions from debate Watchers over the risk of appearing too smug or reving too much in Trump's legal problems in fact I was going to send her a Maga hat one noted pollster posted she needs to train her face not to respond it feeds into a female stereotype and more importantly risks offending undecided voters