# The Poetry of Donald J. Trump - Special Cannibal Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 4, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-cannibal-edition/1009652 "2024-11-04T03:56:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-cannibal-edition/1009652/1 "2024-11-04T03:56:26Z")
Hopefully a final offering from our nation’s poet. > When I say insane asylums, > And then I say, Doctor Hannibal Lecter, > Does anybody know? > > They go crazy. > They say, oh, he brings up these names out of— > > Well, that’s genius. Right. > > Doctor Hannibal Lecter. > There’s nobody worse than him. > > Silence of the Lambs. > Who the hell else would even remember that? > I have a great memory, > But they always hit me. > > I don’t bring it up too much > Because they have to take such a— > > He brought up Hannibal Lecter. > > What does that have to do with this? > > What is it? > > It has everything to do with it, right? > > He was… > > So I’ve done something for you for you that I haven’t done in twenty speeches. > > I brought up Doctor Hannibal Lecter > And we’re allowing him, > You watch, > You watch, > These fake people will say again, > He brought up Hannibal Lecter > > Has absolutely nothing to do. > > You know I do the weave, right? > The weave. It’s genius. > > You bring up Hannibal Lecter, > You mention insane asylum. > Hannibal Lecter. > You go out, no. > > There’ll be a time in life where the weave won’t finish properly at the bottom and then we can talk. > > But right now it’s pure genius. > > Hey, I have an uncle, my uncle, Uncle John, my father’s brother, > 41 years at MIT, longest serving professor > Has so many degrees, he didn’t know what the hell to do with them all in the most complicated. > > I understand a lot of this stuff, you know, > I believe in that. > > Like, I mean, Jack Nicklaus is not gonna produce a bad golfer. > Right. > You know, that’s the way it works. > It’s just one of those things and it’s in the family and it’s whatever ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-cannibal-edition/1009652/2 "2024-11-04T13:43:20Z")
Clap! Clap! Clap! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-cannibal-edition/1009652/3 "2024-11-04T17:18:31Z")
I’m confused. 😵 Was that a clever poem - or was it a quote from a Trump speech? 😟 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-cannibal-edition/1009652/4 "2024-11-04T17:26:02Z")
Both. It is this is one of [several](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-summer-edition/1003319) [periodic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-fly-paper-edition/991708) [threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-fly-paper-edition/991708) that reformat the ramblings of DJT into blank verse beat poetry. So all the words are direct quotes of DJT. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-cannibal-edition/1009652/5 "2024-11-04T17:30:15Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Was that a clever poem - or was it a quote from a Trump speech? 😟 We’ve done a few “Poetry of Donald J. Trump” threads. The idea is to take the actual transcript of a Trump speech and add line breaks to make it look like a free verse poem. Here’s the transcript of the public speech Trump gave two days ago: > “When I say insane asylums, and then I say, Doctor Hannibal Lecter, does anybody know? They go crazy. They say, oh, he brings up these names out of— Well, that’s genius. Right. Doctor Hannibal Lecter. There’s nobody worse than him. Silence of the Lambs. Who the hell else would even remember that? I have a great memory, but they always hit me. I don’t bring it up too much because they have to take such a— he brought up Hannibal Lecter. What does that have to do with this? What is it? It has everything to do with it, right? He was… So I’ve done something for you for you that I haven’t done in twenty speeches. I brought up Doctor Hannibal Lecter and we’re allowing him, you watch, you watch these fake people will say again, he brought up Hannibal Lecter has absolutely nothing to do. You know I do the weave, right? The weave. It’s genius. You bring up Hannibal Lecter, you mention insane asylum. Hannibal Lecter. You go out, no. There’ll be a time in life where the weave won’t finish properly at the bottom and then we can talk. But right now it’s pure genius. Hey, I have an uncle, my uncle, Uncle John, my father’s brother, 41 years at MIT, longest serving professor has so many degrees, he didn’t know what the hell to do with them all in the most complicated. I understand a lot of this stuff, you know, I believe in that. Like, I mean, Jack Nicklaus is not gonna produce a bad golfer. Right. You know, that’s the way it works. It’s just one of those things and it’s in the family and it’s whatever.” It actually sounds less coherent. The man clearly has senile dementia. He would deserve pity if it wasn’t for the fact that he attacked other people for their supposed senile dementia and declared they were unfit for the Presidency. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-cannibal-edition/1009652/6 "2024-11-04T18:12:35Z")
I’m the one that started this, after I noticed that Donald Trump’s rhetoric , with its starts and stops, pauses, and constant repetition, if properly formatted, would look like modern blank verse. But you have to get pure extemporaneous free-associating Trump speechifying. You can’t do this with speeches or statements pre-written for him to read off the teleprompter. Others have since taken up the mantle, but I still contribute Trump poetry when a particularly egregious example shows up. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-cannibal-edition/1009652/7 "2024-11-04T18:31:26Z")
Nitpick: “Blank verse” refers to unrhymed iambic pentameter: bah-DUM bah-DUM bah-DUM bah-DUM bah-DUM bah-DUM bah-DUM bah-DUM bah-DUM bah-DUM. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-cannibal-edition/1009652/8 "2024-11-04T19:23:36Z")
Bravo, **Little\_Nemo**. This is the best of these I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-cannibal-edition/1009652/9 "2024-11-04T20:08:12Z")
I don’t listen to him because his idiocy gives me a headache. It sounds like nonsense. I said, “ok, I’ll read this” Nope, not any better. The language thingy in his brain must be corrupted with hair bleach. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-cannibal-edition/1009652/10 "2024-11-04T21:09:18Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Like, I mean, Jack Nicklaus is not gonna produce a bad golfer. > Right. > You know, that’s the way it works. > It’s just one of those things and it’s in the family and it’s whatever In his revised version, he’ll throw in a few lines about Arnie Palmer’s schlong. It will be a thing of beauty!