Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump both appeared ‘worn out’ and sincere toward each other after their summit on Ukraine that ended with no peace deal, a body language experts said.

Putin, who spoke first in a joint news briefing in Alaska after the nearly three-hour meeting, seemed ‘beaten into submission’, body language expert Susan Constantine told Metro.

While speaking to the press on Friday, Putin looked like he was ‘actually holding back a lot of emotion, you literally could have almost seen him cry’, she said.

‘That’s the weakest I’ve ever seen Putin ever, I mean the arrogance was gone and I almost saw him feeling humiliated and defeated.’

Constantine, who is certified in the Facial Action Coding System, said that both Putin and Trump looked ‘worn out’.

Trump’s voice was ‘somewhat strained’ likely from high emotion during the closed-door summit, and his vocal tone was softened during his remarks to the press.

‘I think that at the end of the day it wasn’t a win-lose, it was two people of high power that literally set themselves outside to come to some sort of an agreement,’ Constantine said.

The body language expert did not see any signs in Trump of arrogance or patting himself on the back, which he often displays.

‘I think that there was… like a deep coming to Jesus meeting that happened behind closed doors,’ she said.

The two leaders seemed sincere toward each other in their efforts to reach a deal.

‘They appeared to be into the peacemaking mode and not trying to one-up the other one or have more power than the other one, I didn’t see any sort of power struggle at all,’ Constantine said.

Earlier while welcoming Putin to Anchorage on a tarmac, Trump let him ‘take the dominant position’ in a handshake initiating their summit on Ukraine, Constantine said.

The US president stood on a red carpet on a tarmac with his right palm up and extended as Putin walked up to him still two arm lengths away.

With that greeting gesture, Trump signaled he was unarmed and putting himself in a friendship stance, Constantine said.

‘I am putting my palm up allowing you to take the dominant position,’ Constantine explained.

‘But then what Trump does is he pulls (Putin) toward him, so now he’s in his playing field.’

She noted that ‘Putin stays in his same position, in his solid ground, so he doesn’t lean in and holds his position’.

Though Trump allowed Putin to place his hand on top in the handshake, it does not mean he was ceding control.

‘When he is allowing Putin to come in and take top position, it’s different than submission,’ she said.

‘That is not because I am putting myself in a passive position that I’m doing that, it is because I want you to feel unarmed.’

‘They were two powers of equal strength.’

Constantine also pointed out that Trump smiled and had his head tilted in welcoming the Russian president.

‘It was a kindness gesture. Then he went in with the friendship grip on the forearm and above the elbow,’ she said.

‘President Trump loves to have that connection, so all of those gestures are connection before he makes a deal.’

The initial contact between the leaders ‘looked very favorable’.

‘They were excited about. meeting each other, strong friendship and likability, so we’re off to a good start,’ she said.

‘Lots of genuine smiles, eyes are bright.’

The two leaders looked to have a good rapport and were not trying to overshadow each other, Constantine said.

‘I wouldn’t say that one was dominate more than the other, really,’ she said.

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.

For more stories like this, check our news page.