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Trump Is Reportedly Telling People He'll Be 'Reinstated' as President by August and People Have So Many Questions
Months after President Joe Biden's inauguration, a diminishing number of former President Donald Trump's supporters believe Trump has a master plan to regain the presidency or even that he's still secretly operating as President.
Like corrupt preachers promising the rapture, right-wing media personalities and online conspiracy theorists keep moving the goalposts on when Trump will supposedly expose the Deep State, resulting in mass arrests and his reinstatement as President.
On January 20—Inauguration Day—theories circulated that Trump would use the emergency broadcast system to deliver orders to his supporters, and that he would expose Biden's purported crimes against humanity and retake the White House.
When that didn't happen, the new date became March 4, citing fantasies that the U.S. secretly became a corporation in the 1870s and that all Presidents after that were illegitimate. Trump would supposedly announce the return to the "real" America on March 4—the country's original inauguration date before the passage of the 20th Amendment.
Obviously that didn't happen, but now Trump is allegedly giving an alternate timeline to his associates, claiming he'll be "reinstated" by August.
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman—who broke some of the most consequential developments of the Trump administration throughout his time in office—confirmed this is what Trump was telling people.
Trump has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August (no… https://t.co/0gUGozPQQR— Maggie Haberman (@Maggie Haberman) 1622551318.0
It isn't happening in a vacuum. It is happening as he faced the possibility of an indictment from the Manhattan DA.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2021
But he is not putting out statements about the “audits" in states just for the sake of it. He's been laser focused on them, according to several people who've spoken with him (as well as WaPo reporting a few weeks ago).
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2021
It's still in question whether Trump is trying to keep his public support alive by sowing conspiracy theories, or if he is actually under the delusion that he could be reinstated. Haberman claimed that Trump has been "laser focused" on continued election audits forced by Republican legislatures.
People had questions.
Will he be indicted by then? https://t.co/hkhOcDi4VM— Grant Stern is fully vaccinated (@Grant Stern is fully vaccinated) 1622554213.0
I’m sorry... this is something that HE believes? https://t.co/Ig4g7GZoZg— Bobby Shmoderna (@Bobby Shmoderna) 1622551519.0
Some are certain it's another grift, while others think Trump is truly that unwell.
He’s trying to keep the lie - and therefore his relevance - alive. But his social media footprint is much smaller,… https://t.co/pCvPtV8jJv— Jim Sciutto (@Jim Sciutto) 1622555957.0
The former President is not well. And he still can’t identify who stole the election. Was it Hugo Chavez? Dominio… https://t.co/MiGxqCLjnW— Ted Lieu (@Ted Lieu) 1622565134.0
He knows this isn't true, it's simply more grifting. And millions will foolishly open their wallets. https://t.co/UatG9u19tT— Luis Moreno (@Luis Moreno) 1622554567.0
We should all be worried about this. Suggests his grip on reality is loosening even as his grip on the GOP is stron… https://t.co/WOZDss7fFM— Arieh Kovler (@Arieh Kovler) 1622551556.0
Some believe Trump's latest fantasy will result in yet another failed insurrection like Americans saw on January 6.
the proper framing of this is “trump has been telling a number of people hes plotting a coup for august” https://t.co/hUUU0JoFnE— Andrew Lawrence (@Andrew Lawrence) 1622558373.0
While his loyal party blocks efforts to organize a bipartisan investigation of the late attempt to overthrow the re… https://t.co/upauaX19i2— southpaw (@southpaw) 1622556833.0
It's a delusional fantasy, obviously, but it's a fantasy about a violent coup - which is really something from an e… https://t.co/8EGcQSaG0w— David Frum (@David Frum) 1622553009.0
Trump has yet to comment on the matter on his blog, but he continues to promote election conspiracy theories.