Donald Trump Releases His Inner Ape
British politician Nigel Farage is a big fan of Donald Trump, although he chose an odd way to express it while chatting with reporters backstage after Sunday's presidential debate.
A leader in Britain's "Brexit" movement to leave the European Union, Farage praised Trump's performance against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to "a silverback gorilla," according to The Guardian.
"He looked like a big gorilla prowling the set," Farage said, "and he is that big alpha male -- that's what he is, that's what he is."
He said that. I, as a non-fan of Trump, am more inclined to view Farage's remark as an insult to gorillas.
Since the New York real estate developer and reality-TV star has a grasp of important issues that is about as deep as a birdbath, he tried to make up for it with bizarre body language and other antics to look tough.
He prowled the stage. He did pushups on the back of a chair. He stalked his rival Clinton. He walked toward her and stood behind her as she spoke. His eyes locked on the back of her head like a jewelry store security guard, waiting for her to steal something.
With his chin up in a silent Mussolini-like pose, cameras caught the video-savvy Trump looming over his opponent like an orange-topped chicken hawk, ready to pounce or, at least, ready to rattle her and the audience with childish distractions.
Al Gore was properly ridiculed for walking over into his opponent George W. Bush's space during Bush's turn to speak during their first debate in 2000. Sixteen years later, Trump seemed to think that cheap distraction had become a good idea.
He repeatedly interrupted Clinton like a hyperactive schoolboy. He boldly branded her as "a liar" and "the Devil," even as he praised his own temperament.
If he is elected, he said -- throwing a porterhouse steak of red meat to his base -- he will direct his attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor aimed at putting her "in jail."
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