WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump promoted a number of posts on his social media platform early Friday in regards to the QAnon conspiracy principle.
One publish highlighted on his Fact Social account, which has greater than 4 million followers, is a video clip that begins with a picture displaying a large “Q” over his face and textual content that reads: “Data Warfare. It is time to get up.” The video contains a compilation of meme-like photos of Trump with graphics.
It is yet one more instance of the previous president’s overt promotion of QAnon — a motion that embraces the conspiracy principle that Trump is secretly combating towards evil forces linked to the Democratic Celebration.
“I gained. They understand it, I do know it, you realize it,” one publish says with a photograph of Trump pointing on the digicam, falsely suggesting that he gained the 2020 presidential election.
In a single slide, it says that underneath a Trump presidency, “America comes first” and “not illegals” and “not refugees” and “not overseas employees.”
One other picture says that the “actual rebellion” is “how the Democrats cheated in 2020” and provides, “By no means Neglect.”
The montage then says that folks ought to put together for a “storm” after which shows a graphic displaying the U.S. Capitol: “It may be biblical.” A lot of these arrested in reference to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol have been QAnon followers.
Two different posts he promoted on Fact Social included express non secular connotations — together with one which acknowledged: “I imagine God can do it by him.” And one other publish with a meme of Jesus and the phrases: “Jesus is the best. President @realdonaldtrump is the second best.”
Trump has posted and reposted QAnon-related materials earlier than, however it’s now changing into a constant embrace for him.
The QAnon conspiracy principle was constructed round Q, an nameless account that posts periodically on 8kun, typically with imprecise or symbolic language that’s then interpreted by followers. The account claims to doc a secret battle being waged by Trump towards the Democratic Celebration, which followers of the idea contend is run by satanic, child-eating cannibals who run a pedophile ring stuffed with celebrities and political elites who’ve been covertly working the US authorities for many years. Not one of the posts’ concrete predictions has come to fruition.
Vaughn Hillyard contributed.
