Donald Trump's shoutout to the "late great Hannibal Lecter" is weird on many levels. Since he is still alive, Trump couldn't have meant the actor Anthony Hopkins. And then there's the character, a vicious serial killer who ate his prey. As far as I remember, he didn't die in the films. At his rally in New Jersey last night, Trump paid his respects to Lecter and somehow tied him into issues at the border after praising the fictional character.
"Silence of the Lamb," Trump said. "Has anyone...