Disgraced former president Donald Trump said during a campaign rally in Iowa Saturday that fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter has expressed his “love” for him and that means that he also “loves” the non-existent murderer.
During the speech, Trump was critical of allowing immigrants into the United States, suggesting that people were coming to the U.S. from “insane asylums,” which led him to add:
“Hannibal Lecter, how great an actor was he?”
“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.”
Trump on Hannibal Lecter: You know why I like him? Because he said on television “I love Donald Trump” so I love him pic.twitter.com/1jYyXKFkjI
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 7, 2023
So Anthony Hopkins said he loves Donald Trump? As HuffPost notes, Hopkins never said that, and neither did any of the other actors who have portrayed Lecter.
Hopkins, who was born in Wales and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2000, told The Guardian that he doesn’t care for Trump and explained that he doesn’t vote because he doesn’t “trust anyone.”
“We’ve never got it right, human beings. We are all a mess, and we’re very early in our evolution,” the actor said in 2018.
Here’s a thought: Let’s send Trump to prison and he can look for Dr. Lecter while he’s serving 20 to life.
