Burke: Is anybody really buying Trump's campaign trail patter?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Donald Trump says a lot of stupid stuff. And a lot of scary stuff. And a lot of stuff that makes no sense; that demonstrates his profound ignorance; that’s clearly projection.

I get that, he’s a terminal narcissist who loves to hear himself talk.

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Are they so stupid they actually buy into what he says?

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I mean, I’ve yet to hear a logical (or illogical) explanation of his “late, great Hannibal Lecter” riffs. He’s talking about a make-believe movie character who eats people as part of his campaign speech, trying to convince folks to elect him to the highest office in the nation. Just what do the MAGAs make of this?

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/burke-is-anybody-really-buying-trumps-campaign-trail-patter/

[TBF]

1. Dementia? That's the most obvious guess I suppose. nt

[Skittles]

2. the question is how ANYONE could buy Trump's bullshit

I mean, EVEN NOW

[TBF]

4. That's the literal question -

but I took it as more rhetorical in spirit because he seems to be in a different space now in terms of not even making sense when he speaks.

[Skittles]

5. hard for me to tell

the man has been speaking gibberish for as long as I can remember

[prodigitalson]

3. re: yet to hear a logical (or illogical) explanation of his "late, great Hannibal Lecter"

ikr...is it as without context as it is presented? what IS his point about tlghl?

[orthoclad]

6. " logical (or illogical) explanation"

That's our weakness. We're looking for logic while the Right is busy pushing deep-brain buttons.

Emotional buttons beat sweet reason.

There is something deeply appealing about Lecter. He, not Clarice, is the star of the book and movie. He's the box office appeal. And T loves him some box office appeal.

[Aristus]

7. Buford and Lurleen up in Squalor Holler sure are.

You can tell by the way they wear continence garments in solidarity with their unsavory idol.