John Kennedy Compares Qatar to Hannibal Lecter as Trump Continues Middle East Tour

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said he doesn’t completely trust Qatar as an ally following President Donald Trump‘s visit to the Middle Eastern country.

Qatar gifted the United States a $400 million jet that Trump accepted, immediately raising ethical and constitutional concerns.

“American foreign policy is an enduring struggle between values and interests. We know American values, freedom, the rule of law, personal responsibility, merit, and equal opportunity, but not all countries, most countries, don’t share those values. Take Qatar, for example, they don’t share any of those values,” Kennedy said Thursday on Fox Business’s Varney & Co. “Do I trust Qatar? Of course not. They will eat your liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”

Kennedy was referencing the movie Silence of the Lambs, in which the main character, Hannibal Lecter, describes eating a human liver with fava beans and a glass of Chianti. (Read more from “John Kennedy Compares Qatar to Hannibal Lecter as Trump Continues Middle East Tour” HERE)