Trump Finally Acknowledges QAnon In Apparent Win For Conspiracy Theory
QAnon is on the verge of going mainstream. In addition to the numerous Republican candidates that have embraced the unsupported, and ludicrously convoluted, conspiracy theory, Q and its supporters have hijacked hashtag and activist campaigns against actual child trafficking, Instagram makeup and beauty influencers and the anti-mask movement. For nearly three years, Q followers have waited for the moment when a reporter would ask President Trump about the theory, and yesterday, they got their wish.
During a press conference, when asked about the conspiracy theory, which asserts that President Trump is in an ongoing war with the "deep state" to crush an international ring of satanic child traffickers, Trump said, "I've heard these are people that love our country."
"So I don't know really anything about it other than they do supposedly like me."
When the reporter explained the premise of conspiracy (the Satanic cabal of child predators) to the President, he responded, "Is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing? If I can help save the world from problems, I am willing to do it. I'm willing to put myself out there."
Trump's response is his first open acknowledgment Trump has made about the conspiracy theory. In the past, he's dipped his toe into that world of Q, inviting some QAnon influencers to the White House and retweeting Q-based accounts.
At an earlier press briefing last week, a reporter asked Trump about his support for Marjorie Taylor Green, a QAnon supporter, who won the Republican primary of Georgia's 14th Congressional District and said QAnon is "something to listen to." Trump dodged the question by focusing on the candidate.
While many online expressed concern over Trump's acknowledgment of the conspiracy, Q followers celebrated Trump's assessment. Trump's statement, within the tangled lore of the theory, is a significant stepping stone for the movement and its entrance into the mainstream.
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Alex Reynard
I'm going to say the same thing about this that I did about 911 "truthers": I will call them wrong, but I refuse to call them crazy.
Given the utter lack of caring for the loss of human life George W Bush showed throughout his presidency, it was not crazy to consider the idea that he might have played a hand in the terrorist attacks.
Given that there really is a worldwide pedophile ring of high-profile politicians and celebrities, it is not crazy to see more heads of the hydra than there actually are.
We would have more success convincing people out of such ideas if we empathized with why they feel true to them.
ScottyP
Just like those nazi's, all tRump cares is that they like him.
DirkDiggums
Wow, this really is a "toilet bowl full of watery shit chunks" presidency.
The US President trusts a fucking tripfag. A rotten ham sandwhich would be a better president at this point.
Timey16
Of course Trump believes Q about some "deep state" conspiracy.
That way he can claim that all the reasons his government is such a failure is because it's the fault of others and not himself.
Tio God of Soda
Remember when KYM wasn't some Buzzfeedish site. Now the 3rd and 8th is just typical orangemanbad and the 6th one is another forgettable 15 things that [noun] [verb] [noun]. Can't wait to see the pointless personality tests, I'm going to guess "what scent of soap are you"?
VeteranAdventureHobo
I'm sorry but Q is sadly significant enough to need documentation.It is one of the most damaging conspiracy theories in years
thefrozenone
Imagine that even after the immense disaster of the last 4 years and the dozens of massive confirmations, in the last few weeks, of political corruption, election interference, incompetence, nepotism, so forth, you think that reporting on Trump's endless absurdity is nothing more than "orangemanbad".
He is objectively the most corrupt president in US history who's unstable and destructive administration is specifically what has led to the massive instability of the US.
This isn't "orangemanbad" this is just news about yet another instance of the POTUS being a sack of shit and supporting a massively destructive conspiracy theory. A conspiracy theory he is attempting to galvanize to give him a a basis for doing even more harm to the election than he already has don't.
DirkDiggums
people always say "organemanbad" because ORANGE MAN IS FUCKING BAD. Like really bad, by any metric. And if you wanna talk about the economy, then you better know about the 2019 September REPO bailout and how the fed had been pumping TRILLIONS into failing banks to stop another crash. Trump's economy is a fucking sugar high, and that the only thing that he did sorta good.
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originalusernamemaybe
I can't believe all of this started over a tripfag.
Jerach
I'd really hope that somebody would come out at this point, admitting that they are "Q" and that this wall a horrible joke that's gone way too far. Of course the "Q believers" would refuse to admit that they were wrong, they'd say it's a hoax done by globalists.