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ificandream

(9,385 posts)
Sun Oct 8, 2023, 03:19 PM Oct 2023

Trump Shows Love To 'Hannibal Lecter' In Killer Blunder At Iowa Rally (HuffPost)

Huffington Post

Trump claimed "The Silence of the Lambs" killer threw his support behind him in an awkward flub on Saturday.

Former President Donald Trump ate up alleged support from “Hannibal Lecter” in a terrifying slip-up at an Iowa rally.

The former president criticized open border policies on Saturday and claimed people were coming to America from “insane asylums” before bringing up “The Silence of the Lambs.”

“Hannibal Lecter, how great an actor was he?” said Trump in a mix-up between the fictional character’s name and Anthony Hopkins, the actor who played the cannibal in the 1991 film.

“You know why I like him? Because he said on television on one of the – ‘I love Donald Trump.’ So I love him. I love him. I love him. He said that a long time ago and once he said that, he was in my camp, I was in his camp. I don’t care if he was the worst actor, I’d say he was great to me.

Read more: ”https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-hannibal-lecter_n_65222027e4b09f4b8d405989


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Trump Shows Love To 'Hannibal Lecter' In Killer Blunder At Iowa Rally (HuffPost) (Original Post) ificandream Oct 2023 OP
Comedy is dead. RockRaven Oct 2023 #1
Maybe he and Hannibal could meet at Mierda-Lardo for a pleasant dinner Ocelot II Oct 2023 #2
Good grief. Every rally shows the abyss of fact and fiction with him Deuxcents Oct 2023 #3
And these damn fools like Trump. A total WTF to any sane person. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2023 #4
He is senile. DURHAM D Oct 2023 #5
And his minions claim President Biden has dementia? Bayard Oct 2023 #6
Hannibal Lecter would definitely kill and eat Trump. Solly Mack Oct 2023 #7

Ocelot II

(115,823 posts)
2. Maybe he and Hannibal could meet at Mierda-Lardo for a pleasant dinner
Sun Oct 8, 2023, 03:23 PM
Oct 2023

of liver and fava beans with a nice Chianti. Does TFG like ketchup on liver? Would that depend on whose liver it was?

Solly Mack

(90,779 posts)
7. Hannibal Lecter would definitely kill and eat Trump.
Mon Oct 9, 2023, 04:25 AM
Oct 2023

Well, he'd prepare him, have a taste, grimace, and then trash the rest.

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