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Trump Steps Up QAnon Outreach With Q Meme Video

Rick Loomis
Rick Loomis

Donald Trump stepped up his outreach to believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory on Thursday, posting a video filled with references to the movement that sees him in messianic terms.

The video, first posted to Trump social media network TruthSocial by a QAnon believer, features a slideshow of QAnon memes. The images allude to QAnon supporters’ beliefs that Democratic leaders are Satan-worshiping, cannibalistic pedophiles, and that Trump will soon execute them or imprison them in Guantanamo Bay. Trump reposted the video on his own account on Thursday night.

Trump’s promotion of the meme video marks the latest step in his recent campaign promoting QAnon. The images feature QAnon slogans like “Where we go one, we go all,” and reference “The Storm” — the moment QAnon believers think Trump will imprison his enemies and usher in a sort of fascist utopia. Other pictures included an edited image of Trump holding a playing card with “Q” on it, and another featuring Trump promising to take on the “Satanists” and “pedos.”

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The former president has become more overt about his attempts to promote the conspiracy theory in recent weeks. Earlier this month, Trump posted a photo illustration of himself wearing a “Q” pin. At a Trump rally in Ohio last weekend, he spoke over a song that seemed identical to a pro-QAnon song called “Wwg1wga,” though a Trump spokesperson denied it was that song.

Trump’s new outreach to QAnon believers comes just weeks after the latest murder allegedly inspired by the movement, which the FBI has classified as a potential source of domestic terrorism. On Sept. 11, a Michigan man murdered his wife and seriously wounded his adult daughter with a shotgun before being fatally shot by the police himself. The man’s other daughter blamed the incident on her father’s belief in QAnon.

A Trump spokesperson didn’t respond to a request for comment.

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The new video posted by Trump also included references to punishing “acts of treason” illustrated with the skull logo of vigilante superhero “The Punisher” — a favorite for QAnon believers — and a picture of a book on military criminal law, a reference to the QAnon idea that top Democrats and prominent celebrities will face military tribunals.