Thank you very much.

Before I provide an update of...

Last week, President Trump held a press conference at the White House.

He prepared comments on a broad array of topics, the sanctions against Iran, the protests happening around the country and the coronavirus.

I want to thank you all for being here and we'll take some questions. The president may have been surprised by the first question he was asked.

During the pandemic, the Q&ONM movement has been, appears to be getting a lot of followers.

Can you talk about what you think about that and what

you have to say to people who are following this movement right now? Well, I don't know much about

the movement other than I understand. They like me very much, which I appreciate. It was really

eerie to finally see it happen after people have been begging for it for years. Ali Brailand, a reporter for Mother Jones, was watching the press conference.

This is something that for a long time a lot of us were actually really resistant to

because we knew that it would elevate the conspiracy theory and give it a lot of oxygen

at a time prior to what it is now, where I think it's fairly safe to say that it's mainstream.

When Ali says us here, he means reporters who cover disinformation, fringe groups,

and conspiracy theories, including the increasingly popular group, QAnon.

Over the years, Ali has watched Q&N go from some weird posts on one forum into a worldwide phenomenon.

He says when he interviews people who believe in Q, they often make the same request.

They would say, just ask the president about Q, ask, ask him about it, like, see what happens.

The motivation behind the request is twofold.

One, to draw attention to the movement,

give it a bigger platform.

The other, a challenge.

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