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| Primatologist Jane Goodall has since been echoed by prominent psychologist Professor Dan P McAdams |
World-renowned primatologist Dame Jane
Goodall has likened Donald Trump's behaviour
to that of a chimpanzee.
The British
conservationist first gained international recognition for studying
chimps in what is now Tanzania and has studied the primates for more than
50 years.
“In many ways the performances of
Donald Trump remind me of male chimpanzees and their
dominance rituals,” she told The Atlantic during the 2016
presidential election.
“In order to impress rivals,
males seeking to rise in the dominance hierarchy perform spectacular displays:
Stamping, slapping the ground, dragging branches, throwing rocks."
A more aggressive display was
likely to lead the male to higher positions in the hierarchy and allow it
to maintain its status for longer, she said.
Mr Trump's election campaign was
littered with bombastic statements and since becoming President,
he has issued increasingly aggressive threats towards North Korea.
In his first address to the UN
General Assembly, he said the US may have no choice but to
"totally destroy" North Korea.
Dame Jane's analysis of Mr
Trump's behaviour has since been echoed by prominent psychologist Professor Dan
P McAdams.
Describing what he called a male
chimpanzee's "charging display" in an article in The Guardian, Professor Adams, of NorthwesternUniversity, said:
"The top male essentially goes
berserk and starts screaming, hooting, and gesticulating wildly as he charges
toward other males nearby."
He added: "Trump’s
incendiary tweets are the human equivalent of a charging display: Designed
to intimidate his foes and rally his submissive base, these verbal outbursts
reinforce the President’s dominance by reminding everybody of his wrath and his
force."
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