Former President Donald Trump recently played the hits on Saturday night at his rally in Wildwood, New Jersey via The Daily Beast.
It has been noted that The MAGA shindig along the beach garnered a crowd that estimated to be between 80,000 and 100,000 people as per a spokesperson for the city. However, if they were hoping to hear any new ideas, they were out of luck.
It is noted that Trump went from praising “the late great Hannibal Lecter” to falsely claiming offshore windmills are slaughtering whales.
“Silence of the Lambs. Has anyone ever seen The Silence of the Lambs?” Trump said. “The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man. He often times 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. ‘I’m about to have a friend for dinner.’ But Hannibal Lecter. Congratulations. The late, great Hannibal Lecter,” he said, apparently rooting for the villain played by Anthony Hopkins in the 1991 film.
Trump has used the Hannibal Lecter riff in order to draw comparison with undocumented immigrants to cannibals, saying “they’re destroying our country.”
Furthermore, Trump did his usual schtick about windmills “killing all the birds,” while also doubling down on a previous false claim that offshore ones are killing whales.
It has been noted that one notable tidbit from the early speaker portion of the rally was North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaking second-to-last, telling the crowd he flew in with the former president on his plane.
Trump: Silence of the lamb! The late great Hannibal Lecter. It is a wonderful man. pic.twitter.com/edG9oCH933
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