Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech

Ex-president calls Hopkins' cannibalistic Lecter late, great' while condemning people who are being released into our country'

Donald Trump on Saturday praised fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter as a wonderful man" before segueing into comments disparaging people who have immigrated into the US without permission.

The former president's remarks to political rally-goers in Wildwood, New Jersey, as he challenges Joe Biden's re-election in November were a not-so-subtle rhetorical bridge exalting Anthony Hopkins' cannibalistic Lecter in Silence of the Lambs as late [and] great" while simultaneously condemning people who are being released into our country that we don't want".