Trump Plans for Hannibal Lecter Memorial on White House Grounds
- Zoo Knudsen
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Washington, D.C. - After an overnight announcement by President Trump, Washington insiders are now saying that plans are in motion to erect a statue in honor of elite forensic psychiatrist and Baltimore socialite Hannibal Lecter on White House grounds.
"It is probably going to be placed on the south side of the grounds," an anonymous source who asked for it to be specifically written that he wasn't JD Vance, explained. "But the president is flexible about the exact location. He might even put it right in front of the White House. And I mean right in front."
Lecter, a child of Lithuanian and Italian nobility is as well known for his intelligence, refined taste, and impeccable manners as he is for occasionally eating his murder victims. According to cultural historian Boggs Hominy, Lecter has complex motivations. "He doesn't just walk around killing random people and eating their livers, although that is something he has enjoyed from time to time with a nice bottle of wine. His victims are not nice people. Perhaps his greatest weakness is that he cares too much, and that he just wants us to be kind to one another."
The White House did not make any official statements regarding the exact location of the proposed Hannibal Lecter memorial, but did praise the former member of the Baltimore Philharmonic Orchestra's board of directors.
"To members of this administration, Hannibal Lecter has been a hero that deserves recognition," press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed during a press conference held earlier today. "President Trump credits Lecter with helping him win the election so that he could save this country, which was a laughing stock under Joe Biden but is now highly respected around the world."
Democratic leaders have raised concerns that honoring a prolific serial killer might send the wrong message, claiming that even very rude people shouldn't be executed and eaten regardless of how delicious the meal ends up tasting. James Lankford, the senior U.S. senator from Oklahoma and a big fan of Lecter's charcoal drawings of Florence, pushed back:
This is a man who whose parents were blown up by Nazis, the German ones, when he was only eleven. He was academically gifted and earned a medical degree in France at a very young age before legally immigrating to America and becoming a successful psychiatrist. So he killed and ate a few people along the way. Who hasn't?
The announcement of a physical memorial follows a proclamation signed by Trump in October to honor the psychiatrist's legacy.
"Guided by steadfast prayer and unwavering fortitude and resolve, Lecter's journey has brought wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into America - paving the way for the ultimate triumph of Western civilization: me and my victories in 2016, 2024, and don't forget 2020, which was rigged because I won by a lot, even in California," the proclamation reads.
It also accuses "left-wing radicals" of tarnishing Lecter's character.
"Under my leadership, those days are finally over - and our Nation will now abide by a simple truth: Hannibal Lecter was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination and appetite for improving this country. Do you see what I did there? I said appetite because he eats people. We like to have fun. I've brought fun back, like I brought Christmas back. People are having fun and saying merry Christmas again," the president wrote.
According to the anonymous source, the installation of Lecter's statue could happen "maybe even this month". He also said to make it very clear that he isn't JD Vance, and I think that I've done that. It would be the latest addition to the White House grounds, after the $400 million ballroom project and the solid gold above-ground swimming pool that was built on top of the former in-ground pool after it was filled in with concrete last year.