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QAnon will not disappear even if President Trump loses reelection. Here’s why
This appeared in The Millennial Source
While QAnon has intricately linked its fate (and prophetic claims) to the success of Trump as president, there is much to suggest the movement can sustain itself long after his presidency ends.
October 28, 2017 could turn out to be a turning point in history, at least if the adherents of the QAnon movement are right. That is the date a mysterious figure known only as “Q” first made his presence known with two 4chan posts. In one, the anonymous figure assured, “Whoever controls the office of the Presidecy [sic] controls this great land.”
The first two so-called QDrops were focused on President Donald Trump and “HRC” (Hillary Rodham Clinton). Q, whoever it might be, preaches a reality in which Clinton, the Democrats and their allies in the “deep state” are at war with Trump. Trump’s allies in this fight are anyone who publicly supports him, but Trump is the center of the QAnon universe.
There are worries Trump will refuse to concede if he loses the election and will attempt to hold onto power. Others are skeptical of such a scenario…