CBS News: Trump says QAnon conspiracy believers like him and "love our country"

[cameron]

Trump says he'd be "very much in favor" if people didn't want to buy from Goodyear

He also said he'd be willing to swap out the Goodyear tires on the presidential limousine.

www.cbsnews.com

President Trump on Wednesday said QAnon conspiracy believers like him and "love our country," seeming to back the conspiracy cult. Still, Mr. 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.​

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Supporters wearing "Q" gear have appeared and Trump rallies, the cult has a strong following online, and QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene won a GOP primary this week. Given the strong Republican leaning of that district in Georgia, she's likely to win a seat in Congress. ​

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"Well I don't know much about the movement, other than I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate, but I don't know much about the movement," the president said. ​

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"I've heard these are people that love our country," Mr. Trump said. ​

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When a reporter explained the basics of the conspiracy theory — including that QAnon supporters think the president will save the world from pedophiles and cannibals — the president responded: "If I can help save the world from problems, I'm willing to do it." ​

 

[DrForester]

All trump supporters are cultists.

Also, what outlet asked him that? Was it OANN?

 

[cameron]

 

[rebelcrusader]

His brain is a checkbox....do they like me?

if yes they are good

 

[piratepwnsninja]

His brain is a checkbox....do they like me?

if yes they are good

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He has a brain?

 

[entremet]

His brain is a checkbox....do they like me?

if yes they are good

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Yep.

Trump is a such an embarrassment.

 

[ZedLilIndPum]

There's really no direction for the GOP to go other than Q. Probably will be a Q Caucus in the House in 4 years.

 

[cameron]

Trump and the GOP needs their votes.

 

[onadesertedisland]

The depths of stupidity are never ending

 

[CQC]

I'm going to lose my collective shit if this asshat wins again given the cirus that's being displayed at the WH.

 

[onadesertedisland]

Qanon is 4chan fuckery. I can't can believe this dumb shit took hold by those that think being educated is a negative thing.

 

[KtotheRoc]

I'm going to lose my collective shit if this asshat wins again given the cirus that's being displayed at the WH.

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They're blatantly trying to steal the election before our very eyes.

 

[Sblargh]

What is funny is that part of the conspiracy hinges on Trump being a super genius hyper aware of everything who is secretly sending messages to Q and then when he is asked about it point blank his answer is "oh those people who like me? Sure I guess"

 

[THEVOID]

He doesn't much about QAnon, but everything about Antifa. Whatever that is.

 

[onadesertedisland]

They're blatantly trying to steal the election before our very eyes.

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And depending on people believing institutions will be upheld.

 

[SteveWinwood]

What is funny is that part of the conspiracy hinges on Trump being a super genius hyper aware of everything who is secretly sending messages to Q and then when he is asked about it point blank his answer is "oh those people who like me? Sure I guess"

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see thats just further proof hes actually a genius, pretending not to know

its 23d hungry hippos

 

[Scuffed]

I have no words. What insanity.

 

[cakely]

He has a brain?

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It's more like a loose set of connections between his ears and his mouth.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

We're in danger.

 

[BWoog]

I'm going to lose my collective shit if this asshat wins again given the cirus that's being displayed at the WH.

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You'll lose far more than that. We all will.

 

[Wag]

Because life is a popularity contest.

 

[Uncle Sensei]

Yep, that tracks.
What the fuckin fuck man

 

[WedgeX]

The Know Nothings never even got this level of support. Lord.

 

[TaySan]

This is dangerous what he is doing and he doesn't even understand.

 

[Guts Of Thor]

So he openly supports a domestic terrorist organization. The ads write themselves.

 

[Pedrito]

For 2 years, QAnon enthusiasts thought that journalists were not asking Trump about Q because he would reveal the whole thing to the world and they were affraid of that.
Now in the last week, he's been asked about it twice and he doesn't really seem to know what it's about. We're talking about the guy who's supposed to have been fighting the deep state/pedo-satanist cabal in the shadow for years, and who's been sending coded messages through tweets and press conference answers.
Good luck spinning that. Oh well, it's just gonna be "It's not right time yet. He's playing the [even] long[er] game".

 

[mbpm]

There's really no direction for the GOP to go other than Q. Probably will be a Q Caucus in the House in 4 years.

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QOP

 

[Deleted member 3093]

When you're in Trump's position in the election, you'll accept any death cult.

 

[Billfisto]

What is funny is that part of the conspiracy hinges on Trump being a super genius hyper aware of everything who is secretly sending messages to Q and then when he is asked about it point blank his answer is "oh those people who like me? Sure I guess"

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The good thing about a dumb conspiracy is that you can just explain away any inconsistencies with more dumb bullshit.

It doesn't need to be consistent when it's not actually based on any real logic.

Anyway, America's fucked.

 

[TreeMePls]

Label them formally as domestic terrorists then fine the ever loving shit out of platforms that host their content

 

[rjinaz]

Yep.

Trump is a such an embarrassment.

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But, humor me, what if people just have "Trump Derangement Syndrome" and Trump is not all that bad and people just think he is?!

 

[reKon]

For 2 years, QAnon enthusiasts thought that journalists were not asking Trump about Q because he would reveal the whole thing to the world and they were affraid of that.
Now in the last week, he's been asked about it twice and he doesn't really seem to know what it's about. We're talking about the guy who's supposed to have been fighting the deep state/pedo-satanist cabal in the shadow for years, and who's been sending coded messages through tweets and press conference answers.
Good luck spinning that. Oh well, it's just gonna be "It's not right time yet. He's playing the [even] long[er] game".

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Actually to them this is probably a brilliant move.

 

[Kasey]

Trump likes people that like him.

Which is why he's tried to defend white supremacists too.

 

[Deleted member 24079]

Fucking mob boss tells us he knows nothing about it. He seems to convientiently not know things that he knows are horse shit. He knows all about the very real and dangerous antifa though.

 

[Maxim726x]

I was about to joke about him supporting Nazis because they like him... But I realized that already happened in Charlottesville.

Fuck.

 

[Loud Wrong]

"I don't know much about them."
Then recites what they've been doing since 2016.

 

[jelly]

He is desperate and will take any positive. Still absolutely insane, a conspiracy cult. Dangerous stuff and he pushes it further.

 

[Deleted member 13015]

Doing anything to stay in power I see.

We'll be seeing him admit that the conspiracies are "true" in a month.

 

[Blader]

The way the reporter framed the question is utterly irresponsible. Jesus Christ.

 

[DeliciousSunnyD!]

We Americans need to be ready for serious crazy shit. We need to hope that we can just democratically remove these people come Election Day, but we also need to be vigilant that there are quite a large number of seriously deranged, detached-from-reality people who support all of this shit.

Just the other day I saw someone driving around with their cult calling card on their vehicle's rear window, so these people are moving (have moved?) from the fringe into the mainstream.

 

[BWoog]

Good luck spinning that.

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All they do is spin everything. They've been wrong about hundreds of different things.

They thought Mueller was a part of Trump's operation and it would be revealed that he was actually investigating pedophiles. They thought Trump was going to "activate" Jeff Sessions and he'd start making arrests. The fact that these didn't happen means nothing to them.

 

[CQC]

They're blatantly trying to steal the election before our very eyes.

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You'll lose far more than that. We all will.

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Without a doubt. These next four months are going to be a wild fucking ride.

 

[skeezx]

it's like watching a 16 year old girl running for class president

not that i expected less but given the times and all

 

[Incite]

Trump is like a multi faceted crystal of increasingly profound stupidity.

What a national treasure🎓

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

That one question in the second tweet was awful at conveying the problems of QAnon, and gave him an extremely easy out.

 

[Deleted member 2752]

Remember when it was a dumb 4chan joke?

 

[Mobius 1]

I dared to read a Twitter thread from these QAnon lunatics the other day, it baffles the mind that someone remotely sane can be part of it. I'm seriously wondering if the disease of this country is past the point of no return.

 

[The Silver]

That one question in the second tweet was awful at conveying the problems of QAnon, and gave him an extremely easy out.

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seriously when you word it like that of course he's going to say he likes it

 

[GK86]

Jesus fucking christ.

 

[Sunster]

people who actually believe it and are not just trolling are doing so because they need trump's craziness to mean something. they love him so much they cannot accept that he's not what he promised them and that they were grifted. they need it all to make sense. and that's what the conspiracy does for them.