Trump openly embraces, amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories

Trump is increasingly embracing and endorsing the QAnon conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world incidents linked to the movement increase. Trump is increasingly embracing and endorsing the QAnon conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world incidents linked to the movement increase. Even when his posts haven’t referred to the conspiracy theory directly, Trump has amplified users who do. QAnon supporters were among those who violently stormed the Capitol during the failed Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection . That’s forced much of the group’s activities onto platforms that have less moderation, including Telegram, Gab and Trump’s struggling platform , Truth Social.