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The mystery of Trump’s baffling Hannibal Lecter tangents may finally have been solved – and it’s delicious
Despite insisting that Joe Biden was the candidate with cognitive problems, Donald Trump has for years been prone to mixing up his words, forgetting names and places, and spouting random nonsense.
Some of his top tangential topics are –
‘Windmills’ (i.e. turbines) have killed unprecedented amounts of whales. (They haven’t)
An electric battery on a boat would electrocute people if it sank (It wouldn’t), which would be better than being eaten by a shark (We agree with that one.)
Other countries are emptying their asylums and sending those people to the US (They’re not) and an example of someone from an asylum is ‘the late, great Hannibal Lecter (Who isn’t real).
Trump: Silence of the lamb! The late great Hannibal Lecter. It is a wonderful man. pic.twitter.com/edG9oCH933
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 11, 2024
“Silence of the Lamb. Has anyone ever seen The Silence of the Lamb? The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man. He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner.
Remember the last scene? ‘Excuse me. I’m about to have a friend for dinner.’ as this poor doctor walked by.”
He says it so much, it’s almost a staple of his rallies now.
Does Trump realize that Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character? Also- why does he keep mentioning him? pic.twitter.com/UR1b2siWdb
— Mia Farrow ️ (@MiaFarrow) July 20, 2024
George Takei almost cracked the code.
Trump calling Kamala Harris “dumb as a rock” is peak Trump. Every accusation is a confession! Trump is so dumb, he thinks Hannibal Lecter came from a “political asylum.”
Hahahahahaha pic.twitter.com/zHX4ixVRC5
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 22, 2024
But a political commentator on TikTok, Mrs Misanthrope – @mrsmisanthrope2 – spotted a post from TheJan6Plaque that put the final piece of the jigsaw in place. She certainly makes a good case for the theory.
See for yourself.
@mrsmisanthrope2 #hannibal #traitortrump ♬ Big Band Jazz – Swing Era, Intense, Gorgeous(1032830) – Ponetto
“Up until now, I thought he’s really trying to fearmonger about immigrants. Well, it might not be that deep.
Is it possible that the Former Guy straight up doesn’t know that asylum has two meanings?”
Here’s how TikTok reacted to the very feasible suggestion.
To support this idea about word association, see him introducing “Tim Apple”.
stephen
Apparently, a staff member had to explain to him that stealth planes are invisible to radar not LITERALLY invisible…I don’t think this idea is far fetched at all.
Fred G. Stanford
Well he did think Coyotes, like the actual animals, were smuggling people into the country.
Godless Veteran
Just wait – someone will explain it to him and then he’ll say no one knew this.
Mr. Darcy’s Girl
Oh my, this makes so much sense. It also explains why he keeps making the link and why no one can follow his thoughts process on this.
edtheplumber235
Something that spicy was never going to stay put, and it soon found its way to Twitter/X.
This is the best explanation of Donald Trump talking about “Hannibal Lecter”. pic.twitter.com/3Nmv7Us61S
— Walter Masterson (@waltermasterson) July 23, 2024
1.
Brilliant. That woman deserves the Nobel.
— Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) July 23, 2024
2.
The Hannibal Lecter mystery has finally been solved.
Thank you to all those who spent countless hours trying to decipher that moron.
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) July 23, 2024
3.
Holy shit. This girl HAS to be right. I've always wondered why he always referred to insane asylums sending their people here. HAHAHAHA. This is absolutely the answer. He is so goddam stupid it hurts. https://t.co/xoFFWgHEQa
— Steve “JAFERD,MD” Sample (@Supermansings) July 23, 2024
4.
Flash of insight. This actually gets you inside the way Trump’s mind works https://t.co/sE3PkIfYl1
— Alexander Linklater (@ARLinklater) July 23, 2024
5.
Personally, I don't feel compelled to try to understand the workings of a demented psychopath's mind.
If he associates two things that no reasonable person over the age of 4 would associate, I just conclude that he has the cognitive function of a 4 year old, and move on. https://t.co/gYIF6nfKvo
— Monty Boa (@MontyBoa99) July 23, 2024
6.
He really is that dumb. This checks out.
— KD (@kdnerak33) July 23, 2024
7.
Well, several people *have* commented that Trump appears to have a 4th grader's grasp of language and vocabulary, so not a surprise. https://t.co/pFPFcysjpu
— tvchiquita (@tvchiquita) July 23, 2024
8.
Actually, sounds extremely plausible. https://t.co/AHGNdHf5Va
— Maiden of Utrecht (@Tinkerbellee) July 23, 2024
9.
In the sea of reasons why he’s an idiot, another good breakdown of one of his moronic ramblings #DumpTrump https://t.co/fgF1K0uTSh
— é (@YoFavoriteOreo4) July 23, 2024
10.
This makes perfect sense. Trump straight-up doesn't know what "asylum" means. Ergo: Hannibal Lecter. pic.twitter.com/CUkhXqNcfU
— Kim Wexler's Ponytail (@MadisonKittay) July 21, 2024
There may be a bigger issue than Trump’s cognition.
Sure, it’s embarrassing he doesn’t know what asylum means in a political context.
What’s frightening is that he’s been droning on about it for months and nobody around him tried to correct it.
He’s surrounded himself with sycophants who will never question him, never challenge…
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) July 23, 2024
Follow Mrs Misanthrope in case she works out what the windmill-whales anecdote is really about.
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Donald Trump said windmills kill whales and this 27 seconds of nonsense just gets better and better
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