Overview

• Recorded in March for Netflix’s Famous Last Words, the episode was released after Goodall died at 91 of natural causes in California.
• Goodall told host Brad Falchuk she would put Elon Musk, President Donald Trump with some of his supporters, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Benjamin Netanyahu with his far-right government on a Musk spacecraft.
• She grounded the critique in decades of primatology, noting chimpanzees’ dark, aggressive behavior and concluding that some human aggression is innate.
• Her comments echo earlier public remarks, including a 2016 comparison of Trump’s debate style to male chimpanzee dominance displays.
• Goodall received the Presidential Medal of Freedom earlier this year, President Joe Biden posted condolences on X, and The Hill said it asked the White House for comment.