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

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I’m not a big fan of HuffPost, due to the clickbait, but this is too good not to post.

Hat tip, Yahoo! News

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

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

By Ben Blanchet
Oct 8, 2023, 12:29 AM EDT

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.”

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[PCIntern]

1. What The Actual Fuck?

Dissociative. Out of his gourd.

[Silent3]

2. Quick, let's discuss Biden's age! n/t

[AllyCat]

3. The orange one is insane. This is completely deranged

And people think he’s ordained by god.

[Roy Rolling]

4. He is Ordained by God

I don’t argue with anyone so lost to think that. I agree with them—DJT is sent by God to deceive cheaters of the Christian faith.

I don’t hear any of my Jewish friends claiming DJT to be god.

[AZLD4Candidate]

13. I'm Jewish. I haven't heard any Jew say it either.

[ananda]

26. No. All the Jews I know are Democrats.

...

[redqueen]

37. Isn't it only evangelical christians / dominionists who think that?

They're probably practically wetting themselves with excitement about the war and the red heifer.

[yonder]

39. +1.

[PatSeg]

5. His mind is really disintegrating rapidly

The stress of all the indictments is probably accelerating the process.

[Paladin]

20. Not rapidly enough to suit me. (nt)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. Agree. He couldn't think of the name Anthony Hopkins.

He couldn't think of where or when Anthony Hopkins said he liked trump. Very odd story to bring up too. Even if true.

[PatSeg]

40. Really peculiar, even for Trump

I get this image of what is going on inside his brain and it is pretty bizarre.

[Girard442]

6. Let's all send our Trumpy acqaintances bags of fava beans.

[Tanuki]

7. Speaking of famous actors' views of Trump....

Link to tweet

[Layzeebeaver]

8. Hopkins...

If he doesn't vote, he's an ass and doesn't deserve his place in the media.

[sinkingfeeling]

24. Hopkins is British.

[Ms. Toad]

30. He's a naturalized citizen. n/t

[mwb970]

9. He's really losing it now.

Are ANY of his worshipers waking up??

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. He isn't gaining followers. He's just losing people now. nt

[TheRickles]

11. Let's be real, though. Trump is touting his support by a famous actor, which is fair enough.

Trump is not saying that he likes the famous fictional character Hopkins once portrayed in a movie or that he endorses Hannibal Lecter's worldview, just that an actor once (allegedly) said something nice about him. Trump is odious enough without stretching the truth like this.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

27. Ya, don't think he confused actor and character. Think

He couldn't think of actor's name.

[yardwork]

31. Except, did Anthony Hopkins ever say anything supportive of Trump?

I don't recall Hopkins ever saying anything positive about Trump.

[AZLD4Candidate]

12. Freddy Kreuger, Jason Voorhees, Charles Lee Ray, and Michael Myers were also good actors

So was Norman Bates.

[trusty elf]

14. Donnibal Fake Elector!

Wheel him away!

[Rhiannon12866]

41. That may be the only way to stop his attacks on judges, prosecutors, AGs and jurors

[thesquanderer]

15. Lots of people said different things about Trump "a long time ago"...

... heck, Bill and Hillary Clinton attended his most recent wedding.

FWIW, here's what Anthony Hopkins feels about the value of his political opinions, regardless of time...

https://meaww.com/anthony-hopkins-says-he-avoids-taling-about-politics-because-actors-are-pretty-stupid

[Joinfortmill]

16. Sounds like dementia. Or in his case, just plain brain rot.

[gibraltar72]

17. Well I guess it's over

if you have a star like Lechter in your corner!

[Takket]

18. please tell me more about how mentally incapable of doing the job Biden is

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[underpants]

19. James Woods, Scott Baio, and Kevin Sorbo are like

[bmichaelh]

21. Not according to the Guardian interview

Not sure what he is referring to.

According to a Guardian interview in 2018, Hopkins does (not) care about Trump.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/26/anthony-hopkins-most-nonsense-most-lie-lear

[Emrys]

33. I think you're missing a "not" there.

Quote from article:

We talk politics. He doesn’t care about Trump; he doesn’t vote.

I've searched online, and I can't find anything from Hopkins saying anything like "I love Donald Trump."

So not only has Trump mixed up Hannibal Lector and the actor who played him, he's almost certainly misremembered the wrong actor anyway!

More gaga than MAGA. Hey, that has a nice ring to it.

[TheRickles]

34. Thanks for clarifying this.

[Emrys]

35. No problem.

It's mindboggling to think that people queue to hear this stunted spoilt 10-year-old spout this guff in public and treat it like outpourings of the Gospel.

[redqueen]

38. Dumbing down efforts have paid off

54% of adults aged 16–74 years old, or about 130 million people, read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level

[tanyev]

23. Just in time for a new SNL next Saturday.

James Austin Johnson is much thinner than Trump, but I love how he captures Trump's very odd stream of consciousness riffs. That is much better than any of the previous SNL Trumps, IMO.

I'm picturing Hannibal Lecter ----> Gordon Gecko ----> Geico Gecko.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Like what Brian Cox, who also played HL, said

and Brian Cox, the latter of whom called Trump “such a fucking asshole” and “so full of shit.”

[Farmer-Rick]

28. Trump off script

And, sometimes even on script, sounds like he's looking for words he can't remember. That's why he uses simplistic terms like an 8th grader.

He uses tortured syntax, run-on sentences, mid-thought changes of subject, and seems to have trouble formulating complete sentences, let alone coherent paragraphs. He gets people's names wrong, fumbles with multi syllable words and misnames objects or ideas, and he doesn't notice these mistakes.

Seems to me he's declining into Alzheimers. My friends mother was like this in her 60s. And that sweet woman was a highschool principal in her earlier years. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in her 70s. But you could see it coming on in her 60s with problems finding a lot of words and symptoms much like Trump.

I think Trump's father also had Alzheimers, so it runs in his family. At times, Trump reminds me of a more belligerent Ronnie Reagan....before Nancy cancelled his press conferences.

[Chainfire]

29. But wait! Don't you want a president that idolizes psychopathic cannibals'?

Trump can eat me...

[XanaDUer2]

32. Huh? Nt

[dalton99a]

36. "Hannibal Lecter was a great guy. Tremendous fellow with very very good taste"

[Buttoneer]

42. Trump as Lecter