"...Musk has good reason to look elsewhere for a father figure. And indeed, being raised by an emotionally distant, controlling father is something that he and Trump have in common. This appears to have created a subconscious bond between them, driving them to live their lives as if they always have something to prove.
But while the 79-year-old Trump might have once found his own surrogate father in the notorious lawyer Roy Cohn, it is clear which role he is taking in his relationship with Musk. “Trump just goes into this high achieving father at the school open day mode,” Judi James, a body language expert, tells me of the time Trump joined Musk at his rocket launch last year. “He’s got his chin raised, eyes narrowed — you know, like ‘impress me, son’, and Musk is skipping around him excitedly, showing him everything.....”
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But while the 79-year-old Trump might have once found his own surrogate father in the notorious lawyer Roy Cohn, it is clear which role he is taking in his relationship with Musk. “Trump just goes into this high achieving father at the school open day mode,” Judi James, a body language expert, tells me of the time Trump joined Musk at his rocket launch last year. “He’s got his chin raised, eyes narrowed — you know, like ‘impress me, son’, and Musk is skipping around him excitedly, showing him everything.....”
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