Is Donald Trump an alpha male? Only if it’s 1959

The new alpha males are the smartest men in the room, the ones who make an impact without using their fists.

If Trump is an alpha male, he’s an alpha male of the 1959 variety: blustery, belligerent, and constantly trying to prove he’s the most important guy in the room, writes Lisa Van Dusen.Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

June 7, 2017

What with covering actual developments in the Trump presidency being a content-generating activity akin to producing crackpot plot recaps for Reality TV World, let’s focus this week on a larger anthropological question. Is Donald Trump an alpha male? The question arose in the wake of T...

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