Christian Trump Praises Very Fine Cannibal

Trump seems to love vicious cannibals and killers. How can the rest of us earn his respect and admiration?

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During a Thursday meeting with his House GOP Reeks, convicted felon Donald Trump once again displayed his magnanimous Christian spirit and tolerant disposition for vicious killers by praising known cannibal and serial killer Hannibal Lecter as a “nice guy.”

While basking in the fealty of his MAGA masochists, Trump also imagined he’d be a “great match” with Rep. Nancy Pelosi and decided to trash Milwaukee, the site of the upcoming GOP convention, as a creative, out-of-the-box approach to win over voters in the crucial battleground state of Wisconsin. This is a welcome change of pace from his earlier rant this week where he went off against sharks, electricity, and boats. This reflects the lucid thoughts of a mentally stable individual who should be the most powerful person on the planet.

I, for one, genuinely thank Trump for appreciating the misunderstood genius of Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who occasionally eats people’s organs with fava beans and washes down their innards with a chilled bottle of Chianti. Don’t be judgemental, folks! The poor man is a cannibal! It’s not like he can go vegan overnight. Give him time! Let me remind you Lecter also helped assist law enforcement in tracking down serial killers - mainly as a means of avoiding suspicion for his numerous murders - and he was also forged into villainy as a byproduct of immense childhood trauma. We all know we would accept an invitation to his dinner party.

Trump’s repeated praise of Lecter - he once referred to him as a "great man” - reflects his ability to see the best in the worst of people. This must be why a majority of white Evangelical Christians continue to support a twice-impeached vulgarian who has repeatedly cheated on his wife, committed fraud, and been held liable for rape and defamation. This also explains why Trump’s orbit is filled with convicted criminals, liars, frauds, racists, and general caricatures of obscenity posing as human beings (Looking at you, Roger Stone.)

In the past, Trump has been kind enough to dine with notorious anti-semite and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who casually denies the Holocaust and yearns to recreate America as a home for white Christians. Trump also praised Nazis and white supremacists as “very fine people,” and quoted Hitler’s language of “vermin” when describing immigrants. He seems to love leaders who indulge in the old “ultra-violence.” He received love letters from North Korean dictator Kim-Jung Un and praised murderers like MBS of Saudi Arabia and Putin of Russia.

I wish Trump would display this same compassion, understanding, and tolerance for other people, such as women, immigrants, the poor, Black folks, Muslims, journalists, and Senator Ted Cruz and his wife.

Maybe if the rest of us turned into vicious cannibals for a day, we too could receive some of Trump’s love.

Alas. Nobody is perfect.