With the US voting to choose its first president, the Donald Trump vs Hillary Trump race is tighter than ever. Gyana, an artificial intelligence (AI) company based out of London, used AI to compile a list of 10 world leaders who are similar to Donald Trump.
They took 1000 prominent world leaders from history and gathered all text around them – speeches, quotes, reports, news articles, etc. Artificial Intelligence analysed this data and threw up a ranking of leaders - both historical and contemporary- most similar to Trump.
Leaders Most Similar to Trump, Ranked by AI
1. Silvio Berlusconi, 88% Similar
I’m 74 years old and, even though I may be a bit of a rascal, 33 girls in two months seems to me too much even for a 30-year-old.Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi served as the fiftieth prime minister of Italy. Corruption, legal charges and sexual harassment claims are some of the allegation he has been subjected to.
Italy is now a great country to invest in... Today we have fewer communists and those who are still there deny having been one. Another reason to invest in Italy is that we have beautiful secretaries... superb girls.Silvio Berlusconi
2. Franklin Pierce, 82% Similar
There is nothing left to do but get drunk.Franklin Pierce
The 14th President of the United States, Franklin Pierce is remembered for the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which paved way for the civil war.
I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity.Franklin Pierce
3. Rodrigo Duterte, 80% Similar
Hitler massacred three million Jews. Now, there is three million drug addicts. I’d be happy to slaughter them.Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Duterte is the current President of the Philippines. His presidential campaign was largely focused on the war on drugs. It has since become a contested feature of his presidency.
I was separated from my wife. I’m not impotent. What am I supposed to do? Let this hang forever? When I take Viagra, it stands up.Rodrigo Duterte
4. Sarah Palin, 75% Similar
We say keep your change, we’ll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin was the first female governor of Alaska. She was also John McCain’s running mate in the 2008 presidential election. She is also a commentator and an author.
To win this war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern.Sarah Palin
5. Malcolm Turnbull, 70% Similar
Malcolm Turbull is the current prime minister of Australia and the leader of the Liberal Party. Turnbull, a self-made multi-millionaire, hit the jackpot when the dot com bubble burst in the late 1990s.
Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriage will result in thousands of parties to heterosexual marriages suddenly deciding to get divorced so they can marry a person of the same sex?Malcolm Turnbull
6. Saddam Hussein, 65% Similar
Saddam Hussein, the fifth president of Iraq, served for 24 years, beginning from 1979. During his tenure, minorities in Iraq were suppressed and a war was fought with Iran. He was captured by American forces and executed in 2006.
Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor what you intended.Saddam Hussein
7. Margaret Thatcher, 60% Similar
Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving and the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. Her social welfare programmes and other policies made her fairly unpopular with the public. She became known as “Thatcher, milk snatcher”.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.Margaret Thatcher
8. Josef Stalin, 58% Similar
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.Josef Stalin
Josef Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union. His reign has been called dictatorial and that era is known as the “reign of terror.” Stalin was responsible for millions of deaths during his reign.
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.Josef Stalin
9. Nigel Farage, 55% Similar
We may have made one of the biggest and most stupid collective mistakes in history by getting so worried about global warming.Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage was a founding member of the UK Independence Party and a key figure in the recent UK decision to exit the European Union (Brexit). He is known for his sometimes controversial speeches in the European Parliament and his criticism of the euro currency.
10. Richard Nixon, 52% Similar
When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, is notorious for the Watergate Scandal.
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