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applegrove

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36. Trump and some of his MAGA politicos as well as

Reply to FeelingBlue (Original post)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 07:47 PM

Jul 24

some politicians championing him are psychopaths or narcissists. Trump needs to defend from that truth so he projects a cartoon version of a psychopath, Hannibal Lecture, onto Democrats by claiming they are letting psychopaths from all over the world into the country at the border. It is deflection. Projection. It is to defend the psychopaths all over MAGA and fool their cult followers into thinking evil psychopaths are a Democratic issue.

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Why? Why? Why? [View all] FeelingBlue Jul 24 OP

Didn't it start when he thought that one of the Klarkashton Jul 24 #1

Because he's bat shit crazy. StarryNite Jul 24 #2

This is the answer. n/t Different Drummer Jul 24 #24

I saw a reel that suggested phylny Jul 24 #3

I have to say... 2naSalit Jul 24 #15

I was going to mention this. Chellee Jul 24 #31

What does Trump like about Hannibal Lecter? Irish_Dem Jul 24 #4

I wonder if he is a Dahmer fan too? BlueKota Jul 24 #5

Alive and well Dahmer lame54 Jul 24 #27

Reference from 35 year old movie...hmm, living in the past, perhaps? Freethinker65 Jul 24 #6

Asylum! Johnny2X2X Jul 24 #7

Because he believes that the people gab13by13 Jul 24 #8

Dementia? Reliving his glory days in the 1980's? Think. Again. Jul 24 #9

Delilah ... 🎶 dweller Jul 24 #10

Two possible reasons usonian Jul 24 #11

Somehow the idea that migrants are cannibals got fixed in his mind. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 24 #12

You give him too much credit when you talk of something being fixed in his mind. Different Drummer Jul 24 #25

Recommended. H2O Man Jul 24 #13

He doesn't know the difference between political asylum and insane asylum sboatcar Jul 24 #14

He idolizes Lecter for the same reason B.See Jul 24 #16

∆∆∆∆∆THIS∆∆∆∆ love_katz Jul 24 #20

It is a sign of his dementia LetMyPeopleVote Jul 24 #17

He might have watched the movie for the first time recently Blaukraut Jul 24 #18

My favourite aunty canetoad Jul 24 #19

I saw a theory that he doesn't know the difference between Sky Jewels Jul 24 #21

Demented fixation dalton99a Jul 24 #22

What. You expect him to talk about policy or something? Lol. Seriously, in 2016 Maru Kitteh Jul 24 #23

Because cilla4progress Jul 24 #26

He thinks Hannibal is a real person who voted for him Blue Owl Jul 24 #28

The funniest thing about this orange jar Jul 24 #29

See this previous post on this subject surfered Jul 24 #30

Trump voters place the lotion in the basket. nt Shermann Jul 24 #32

Here's a copy of that thread. I am not the author surfered Jul 24 #33

His brain is like Swiss cheese Dem4life1234 Jul 24 #34

His mind is stuck playing in a loop. duncang Jul 24 #35

Trump and some of his MAGA politicos as well as applegrove Jul 24 #36

BREAKING: Hannibal Lecter distances himself from Donald Trump. LetMyPeopleVote Jul 25 #37

Among many other obsessions, he's a control freak Bundbuster Jul 25 #38