When President Trump was making comments about No Name recently, he said No Name gave a "thumbs down". Then couple sentences later he said No Name went "thumbs up".

Am I taking the meaning wrong or is there a message there?

Sauce: article and video:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/19/politics/donald-trump-john-mccain-dead/index.html

Workfagging and don't have time to dig. Maybe autist can dig.