Trump’s extreme-right backers angry and not going anywhere

A file photo of a car with a flag endorsing QAnon drives by a Trump rally in St Paul, Minnesota. Worrying is the potential for moderate QAnon and Proud Boys followers to be ‘radicalised’ online by more violent right-wing extremists. — AFP

WASHINGTON: The American far right is angry: Angry at Joe Biden, angry at Donald Trump, angry at the enigmatic “Q” and angry with themselves.

The online postings and chatrooms of extremists have been brimming with disappointment and dissent since the failed Jan 6 insurrection against Congress and the inauguration of Joe Biden as president.