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Trump Praises QAnon: 'I Understand They Like Me Very Much'
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August 20, 2020
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1:22Now PlayingU.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said QAnon conspiracy believers like him and "love our country," seeming to back the conspiracy group.
Trump admitted he doesn't know much about the conspiracy theory that describes an alleged secret plot by the so-called "deep state" to undermine the president and his supporters.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, the president said he'd heard the group was "gaining in popularity."
The QAnon conspiracy theory is centered on the baseless belief that Trump is waging a secret campaign against enemies in the “deep state” and a child sex trafficking ring run by satanic pedophiles and cannibals.
For more than two years, followers have pored over tangled clues purportedly posted online by a high-ranking government official known only as “Q.”
Some extreme supporters of Trump adhere to the theory, often likened to a cult.
The conspiracy theory emerged in a dark corner of the internet but has recently crept into mainstream politics.
Trump has retweeted QAnon-promoting accounts and its followers flock to his rallies wearing clothes and hats with QAnon symbols and slogans.
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