Trump's fixation on predators and prey

Jarring though the story of eating pets sounded, it’s emblematic of Trump’s fixation during the campaign with tales of unwitting innocents being … well, eaten.

Donald Trump would seem an odd choice to be the savior of household pets.

Breaking with tradition, Trump didn’t keep a pet at the White House. “I wouldn’t mind having one, honestly, but I don’t have any time,” he said at a rally while he was president.

He has often used the word “dog” as an insult. The Islamic State leader killed by U.S. forces in 2019 “died like a dog.” Arianna Huffington was “a dog,” he tweeted, as was his former administration aide Omarosa Manigault Newman.

Yet at the presidential debate Tuesday night, Trump warned that something horrific is happening in Springfield, Ohio. Immigrants are “eating the pets of the people who live there,” he said.

There’s no evidence the claim is true. But it suited Trump’s purpose, directing suspicion toward migrants he says threaten everyday Americans.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trumps-fixation-predators-prey-rcna170936

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