Until Twitter banned him in January 2021, Trump was the site’s biggest promoter of QAnon accounts, often retweeting Q promoters multiple times a day to tens of millions of his supporters. Just a month after QAnon first appeared on 4chan, Trump retweeted his first Q account, a poster called “MAGAPill.” Trump praised a list MAGAPill had posted of his accomplishments, adding that he wished the “Fake News would report” on the document. But the account was also filled with conspiracy theories, including rumors of “ancient occult magic” at the Vatican and child-sacrifice rituals featuring Hillary
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