Donald Trump Borrowed Lines From Bane in His Inauguration Speech

Donald Trump dropped a Bane line from 'Dark Knight Rises' into his speech at his presidential inauguration.

January 20, 2017

During the speech that he delivered at his presidential inauguration on Friday afternoon, Donald Trump briefly dog-whistled all of the comic book lovers out there by borrowing a line from The Dark Knight Rises. The line, which was used by Bane in the movie, has probably been paraphrased by many politicians in the past, and we doubt Trump quoted Bane on purpose (at least, we hope he didn't). But he really seemed to sell it with a dramatic pause during the line, "Giving it back to you... the people."

Here is what Trump said during his speech:

And here is what Tom Hardy, the actor who played Bane, said in Dark Knight Rises, just in case you aren't familiar with it:

This could have been worse, right? At least Trump didn't get caught plagiarizing Michelle Obama like his wife Melania did. But still, what were the odds of a Bane line ending up right in the middle of Trump's inauguration speech?!

Then again, there's been a pretty strong connection between Trump and Batman in recent weeks. So maybe this isn't really that crazy after all.