The White House aspirants psychoanalysed
Their character traits may hint at how they will play the game as POTUS.
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AMERICAN presidential candidates are candidly revealing their perceptions and fears about the outside world. They are offering clues about what kind of foreign policy they will adopt, underlining the crucial role that psychology plays in diplomacy.
Their psychological temperament will determine the strategies they will choose in high-stakes negotiations with other countries, such as brinkmanship, deterrence and threat, along with resolve, commitment and trust.
Here is a range of character traits of some presidential contenders, as presented in a psychological analysis conducted by St John's University and the College of St Benedict at Minnesota:
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