A conspiracy theory that explains everything and nothing simultaneously takes off among Trump fans
A number of attendees at President Trump’s rally in Florida on Tuesday were decked out in homemade apparel celebrating QAnon, a convoluted conspiracy theory that’s taken off among a segment of Mr. Trump’s base. So what is QAnon, and why are we talking about something this ridiculous?
Those who subscribe to the QAnon conspiracy theory believe that a person who posts messages on the 4Chan and 8Chan internet message boards under the name «Q» is a high-ranking government official. And according to Q, Mr. Trump is on the verge of exposing a cabal of pedophiles, globalists, and celebrities who secretly control America.
That’s the central gist of the theory, anyway. The rest is open to some degree of interpretation, which is necessary because Q’s posts tend to read like riddles. But YouTube videos created by QAnon believers help fill in the gaps and create a storyline that’s more-or-less comprehensible.
QAnon exists as a kind of parallel history which a «deep state» took over decades ago. An all-encompassing theory of the world, it’s able to tie together and explain everything from «Pizzagate» to ISIS to the prevalence of mass shootings and the JFK assassination.
Many Q fans believe that President Kennedy was set to reveal the existence of the secret government when he was assassinated. They also believe President Reagan was shot on the deep state’s orders, and that all the presidents since he left office — with the exception of Mr.
