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President Donald Trump in a White House meeting praised the far-right QAnon movement, describing it as people who “believe in good government,” reported The Washington Post Thursday.
The movement believes, groundlessly, that a cabal of Satanic child abusers secretly manipulates the world.
It first emerged on messaging boards, but has in recent months been embraced by some pro-Trump lawmakers, while its conspiracy theories and slogans have been used by the Trump campaign.
According to the Post, Trump was in a recent meeting with figures including chief of staff Mark Meadows and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, when he brought up Marjorie Taylor Greene.
In November, Greene became the first candidate who openly advocates the conspiracy theory to win election to the US House of Representatives. She is due to take office in January.
Per the Post, Trump mispronounced QAnon as “Q-an-uhn.” He is said to have told the meeting that its followers are people who “basically believe in good government.”
Describing the reaction, the Post article said: “The room was silent again before Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, leaned forward to say he had never heard it described that way.”
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