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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.
Apparently this isnāt the first time that he has related illegal immigrants to Hannibal. Iām not sure what he means by this - is he implying theyāre cannibals?
Heck, maybe heās hoping Hannibal Lecter likes Mexican food, if you know what I mean.
God only knows what Trumpās thinking. Though heās likely to be as confused as the rest of us mere mortalsā¦
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Well as a native English speaker, I didnāt see how heās relating the two at all. Heās just saying two unrelated things one after the other, with no segue. Itās just braindead.
Maybe heās getting hungry while heās up there rambling and thinking he wants to eat them. Maybe someone told him about Swiftās A Modest Proposal and he didnāt realize it was satire, but maybe thought it was a good idea.