Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

Yeah that guy should def be president again

think he's a bigger fan of Triumph of the Will

"Hannibal Lecter, how great an actor was he?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ck-09fvlpI

I'll admit that, as a person who is opposed to every aspect of his existence, I'm occasionally overly eager to go for the 'what a fucking moron' GOTCHA! at times when the facts perhaps don't necessarily warrant a GOTCHA!, but in this instance, it really does not seem like he's capable of separating the character from the actor who plays the character. I'm genuinely unconvinced that he's aware of the difference.

remember when he thought Vince McMahon died in a car explosion because of a WWE storyline?

xp That was my thought as well.

Curious as to when & why Hopkins said he liked Trump.

No, no, Hannibal Lecter said that.

Well of course he did...

With fava beans and a nice Chianti.

seems like it was

Mads Mikkelsen said in a 2016 CBS News interview that he had no idea what to think about Donald Trump as he had never met him.

"He’s obviously not the classic politician, that’s for sure. I can definitely laugh at some of the stuff he says but I can also go, 'Oh my God, did he say that?' I think he’s a fresh wind for some people, but that’s what you’re voting for, I guess, right? It’s a big job," he said.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/fact-check-did-hannibal-lecter-say-loves-donald-trump-anthony-hopkins-claim-debunked

"I love Mad Max's son for what he said abou me. And that other Austrian, you know, Jack Hughman."

lol, no surprise it wasn't one of the supremo luvvie melts Hopkins or Cox

The simplest explanation is that Trump forgot Anthony Hopkins' name so he substituted the name of the one role he played that everyone instantly recognizes. Chances are if he'd said "Anthony Hopkins" instead of "Hannibal Lector" fewer people in the audience would have known just who he was talking about anyway.

Surprised he didn't say Hannibal Buress

Like he knows the names of any Black people

The simplest explanation is that Trump forgot Anthony Hopkins' name

how is this the simplest explanation when it was Mikkelsen

He knows Ginni Thomas is on the Supreme Court.

OK. I'm guessing Trump has no idea that there was a Lector-based TV series or that more than one actor ever played the part, so he probably thought all along it was Hopkins who said something nice about him. After all, who has time for all these unimportant details, when the only important or interesting thing was that the guy who played Lector knows how great he (Trump) is. The other details never mattered. Also, Trump forgot Hopkins' name. It didn't matter either.

Who did Dexter endorse?

Gary Johnson

i think he knew it wasnt hopkins but wanted people to think it was

i mean if theres one thing trump understands its the relative prestige of various actors

im even willing to entertain the idea that he knows mads mikkelsens name because he no doubt really likes it when a celebrity says something nice about him even if theyre just being polite

Lecktor with an O was Cox. This is getting simpler by the minute!

another mindblowing session at the hannibal lectern

"The Presidential oath, which the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment surely knew, requires the President to swear to 'preserve, protect and defend' the Constitution — not to 'support' the Constitution," said the filing by Trump's attorneys. "Because the framers chose to define the group of people subject to Section Three by an oath to 'support' the Constitution of the United States, and not by an oath to 'preserve, protect and defend' the Constitution, the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment never intended for it to apply to the President."

https://i.imgur.com/Todb89h.jpg

Cool strategy to try in court

Trump claims Biden is letting terrorists into the country because “Barack Hussein Obama” and just repeats the name over and over again before saying the capital of the United States looks like “shit” pic.twitter.com/9xkxqcEOCs

— Acyn (@Acyn) October 12, 2023

doin good not a care in the world

Someone’s been tinkering with the dosages I see

wonder if this kind of shit is gonna play well in the general

I thought his supporters liked shit in the capitol!

Muslim-bashing is cool again obv.

Big applause line there

Elsewhere, per the NYT, strange things are afoot:

Steven C. Lee, an Illinois pastor charged in the Georgia election interference case against Donald J. Trump and his allies, is hoping to fund his legal defense, at least in part, with sales of “MAGA honey” bottles shaped like the former president.

a wide selection then

This is delightful, BTW:

One of Mr. Chesebro’s lawyers, Manubir S. Arora, set up a GiveSendGo page for his client that says Mr. Chesebro is being buried “under a mountain of legal bills.” Mr. Chesebro is shown smiling on a beach, hands outstretched. As of Wednesday afternoon, the campaign had raised $20.

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Chesebros gonna chesebro

this new line of thinking will take him far:

Speaking in Florida on Wednesday, Trump, the Republican frontrunner to take on Biden next year, called Hezbollah – a Lebanese group also backed by Iran and supportive of Hamas – “very smart” and the Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant, “a jerk”.

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, had been “hurt very badly”, Trump said, adding: “He was not prepared. He was not prepared and Israel was not prepared. And under Trump, they wouldn’t have had to be prepared. You know, Hezbollah is very smart. They’re all very smart.”

"if the election wasn't rigged there would be nobody thinking about going into Israel"

"All the time, I have these militants, these Islamic militants, you know these guys? Right? with the beards and the rifles... And they come up to me, they come up and say 'sir, sir'..."

This is delightful, BTW:

One of Mr. Chesebro’s lawyers, Manubir S. Arora, set up a GiveSendGo page for his client that says Mr. Chesebro is being buried “under a mountain of legal bills.” Mr. Chesebro is shown smiling on a beach, hands outstretched. As of Wednesday afternoon, the campaign had raised $20.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, October 12, 2023 1:42 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Lol

That’s enough for coffee for his lawyer and lawyer’s assistant, so that’s something, right

tbh Manubir S. Arora sounds like the name on one of those "Nigerian prince" emails I'm always getting.

wonder how many people will end up incarcerated over jan 6/election conspiracy they really got carried away just started doing crimes right out in the open

xxp if anyone can order a coffee that costs more than $10, it's a lawyer, not sure $20 is gonna cover the two of them unless they don't tip ;)

Cheesebro