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Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with Hannibal Lecter?

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  1. streblo
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    I like this explanation. It's pretty funny and sadly quite believable. Edit: I see this is already mentioned in the article.

    I like this explanation. It's pretty funny and sadly quite believable.

    Edit: I see this is already mentioned in the article.

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  2. ignorabimus
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    Personally I think it's sort of this angle but more that he's trolling them than trying to get a laugh for himself; the fact that he can say such abject nonsense (praising a fictional serial...

    Personally I think it's sort of this angle

    Could it simply be that it means he gets an easy laugh from a crowd of simpletons with an old gag?

    but more that he's trolling them than trying to get a laugh for himself; the fact that he can say such abject nonsense (praising a fictional serial killer and acting as though they were real) and retain support probably amuses him.

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      Promonk
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      I don't think it's noise at all. Considering the hay that Trump and the GOP have made over immigration together with Trump's general taste in spouses, his ignorance of the character's immigrant...

      I don't think it's noise at all. Considering the hay that Trump and the GOP have made over immigration together with Trump's general taste in spouses, his ignorance of the character's immigrant status seems at least tangentially relevant.

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        1. Promonk
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          Read "ignorance" as "speaking about while ignoring."

          Read "ignorance" as "speaking about while ignoring."

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  4. MechanicalMagpie
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    Man that last paragraph took me out at the knees lmao. Honestly Trump's reference reads like a joke, like he's got That One Good Dad Joke so he tells it all the time forever to anyone who stands...

    Man that last paragraph took me out at the knees lmao.

    Honestly Trump's reference reads like a joke, like he's got That One Good Dad Joke so he tells it all the time forever to anyone who stands still long enough. hell, I'd laugh, even if trump is the one delivering the line, bc i love puns and i think hannibal is neat ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

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