# First Stephen King  on Trump, now Jane Goodall

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**Created:** [September 18, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-stephen-king-on-trump-now-jane-goodall/766244 "2016-09-18T13:34:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-stephen-king-on-trump-now-jane-goodall/766244/1 "2016-09-18T13:34:49Z")

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First Stephen King compared Trump to Cthulhu ( [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=804551](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=804551) ) , now:

**Trump’s Behavior Similar To Male Chimpanzee, Says Jane Goodall**

> **[Trump's Behavior Similar To Male Chimpanzee, Says Jane Goodall](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-chimpanzee-behavior_n_57ddb84fe4b04a1497b4e512?section=)**
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> Well, she's the expert.

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> Donald Trump’s antics remind famed anthropologist Jane Goodall of the primates she spent decades studying in the wild.
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> “In many ways the performances of Donald Trump remind me of male chimpanzees and their dominance rituals,” Goodall told The Atlantic. “In order to impress rivals, males seeking to rise in the dominance hierarchy perform spectacular displays: stamping, slapping the ground, dragging branches, throwing rocks.”
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> Goodall added, “the more vigorous and imaginative the display, the faster the individual is likely to rise in the hierarchy, and the longer he is likely to maintain that position.”
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> To date, we’ve not seen Trump drag branches or throw rocks, although anything is possible.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-stephen-king-on-trump-now-jane-goodall/766244/2 "2016-09-18T13:46:21Z")

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And this WORKS?

Sheesh. Let’s hope that the American electorate is smarter than a bunch of chimps.

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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-stephen-king-on-trump-now-jane-goodall/766244/3 "2016-09-18T13:54:47Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> And this WORKS?
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> Sheesh. Let’s hope that the American electorate is smarter than a bunch of chimps.

The past 400,000 years of homo sapiens’ history on this planet does not suggest your hope is well-founded.

But I share it.

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**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-stephen-king-on-trump-now-jane-goodall/766244/4 "2016-09-18T16:03:54Z")

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It’s a good thing that Hillary is such a higher life form.