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Ex-president calls Hopkinsā cannibalistic Lecter ālate, greatā while condemning āpeople who are being released into our countryā
Donald Trump on Saturday praised fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter āas a wonderful manā before segueing into comments disparaging people who have immigrated into the US without permission.
The former presidentās remarks to political rally-goers in Wildwood, New Jersey, as he challenges Joe Bidenās re-election in November were a not-so-subtle rhetorical bridge exalting Anthony Hopkinsā cannibalistic Lecter in Silence of the Lambs as ālate [and] greatā while simultaneously condemning āpeople who are being released into our country that we donāt wantā.
Trump delivered his address to an estimated crowd of about 80,000 supporters under the shadow of the Great White roller coaster in a 1950s-kitsch seaside resort 90 miles (144.8km) south of Philadelphia.
The occasion served for Trump to renew his stated admiration for Lecter, as heās done before, after the actor Mads Mikkleson ā who previously portrayed Lecter in a television series ā once described Trump as āa fresh wind for some peopleā.
Without any concept of where the dude stands and knowing nothing more about him than the majority of hollywood leans more left than it does right, I took that āfresh windā thing as comparing Trump to a fart without outright saying it.
Am I wrong?
I think so. Just my opinion.
Yeah, I just looked up the quote. Why in the actual fuck the journalist asked him this is beyond me, but here we have it:
What do you think of Donald Trump?
I have no idea, Iāve never met him. Heās obviously not the classic politician, thatās for sure. I can definitely laugh at some of the stuff he says but I can also go, āOh my God, did he say that?ā I think heās a fresh wind for some people, but thatās what youāre voting for, I guess, right? Itās a big job.
As answers go, itās pretty non-commital I suppose but not encouraging.