Under pressure, Trump revives QAnon cult - around himself


It's not exactly clear why Trump abandoned his arm's-length treatment of QAnon, but the timeline matches the rise in legal threats against him, which he ascribes to a political campaign by the Biden administration, and his effort to get allies elected to state and national office in November. — Reuters

WASHINGTON: Ensnared in legal probes as he mulls a second White House run in 2024, Donald Trump is injecting new life into the fading QAnon conspiracy cult - whose members have embraced him as a new icon.

While the anonymous founder of the conspiracy – known only as "Q" – has disappeared from view, a Trump rally last weekend in Ohio clearly showed that it remains a force, behind the former president.

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