Trump tweets message of support for deranged QAnon conspiracy theorists after FBI labels group a terrorism threat

To supporters of the wacky QAnon conspiracy theory, President Donald Trump is much more than a politician/real estate mogul — he is also the person who has been chosen to fight an international ring of pedophiles and child sex traffickers, and “Q” is the anonymous figure who is secretly sending messages on the battle. Journalist Will Sommer, in a January 2 article for the Daily Beast, reports that Trump has retweeted some posts from QAnon supporters — and they see that as validation of their cause.

In late December, Sommer reports, “Trump or someone with access to his account retweeted a message of support containing the ‘WWG1WGA’ hashtag, a reference to a QAnon motto. In total, Trump retweeted QAnon fans more than 20 times on the same day.”

Those retweets, according to Sommer, have “provided new fuel for QAnon fans, who are convinced, among other things, that Trump is on the verge of arresting and executing top Democrats at Guantanamo Bay. QAnon Twitter accounts and messages boards seized on Trump’s retweets as a tacit acknowledgment of their conspiracy theory’s validity.” Continue reading