‘The deeper you go, the less sense it makes….

donald trump’s “late, great Hannibal Lecter” routine may be his most breathtaking incoherent rant. Yes, he has claimed that magnets don’t work underwater, and musing about whether he’d rather die by shark or electrocution is a regular part of his stump speech. But trump’s tirade about the fictional serial killer stands apart for several reasons. First, it is exceptionally weird. Second, it is profoundly wrong on multiple levels. And third, trump thinks it’s so smart and funny that he will not stop repeating it.

 

Critics say the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs “teeters on the edge between psychological study and all-out horror.” The same is true of the presidential tirade it inspired. On a basic level, we know the awful truth about what trump is doing: He’s demonizing migrants. But since the Republican National Convention, people have been dropping wild theories about why trump is going about that nefarious goal by heaping praise on a make-believe cannibal…

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