Trump shared a Truth Social post written by a supporter that claims Biden was killed in 2020 and replaced, unbeknownst to Democrats.
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President Donald Trump has shared a baseless conspiracy theory that former President Joe Biden died and was replaced by a robotic clone.
Late Saturday night, Trump, 78, shared a Truth Social post claiming his former political opponent, Biden, 82, was killed in 2020 and replaced by a clone – unbeknownst to Democrats.
“There is no #JoeBiden–executed in 2020,” the post reads.
The post goes on to claim that the real Biden was replaced by “clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities” and that “Democrats don’t know the difference.”
President Donald Trump on Saturday shared a baseless conspiracy theory that former President Joe Biden died and was replaced by a robotic clone. (AFP/Getty)
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Trump’s supporters were quick to get behind his message, some sharing side-by-side memes of Biden claiming “these are not the same people,” and others egging on Trump for “trolling.”
Some commentators pointed to Biden’s earlobes, claiming that before 2020, they appeared to be unattached to his head, whereas now they are. Another even insisted that the government televised giving Biden a “funeral cannon salute at Arlington” on his Inauguration Day.
Detractors of the president, meanwhile, branded his sharing of the post “concerning.”
Trump’s wife, Melania, has also been the subject of similar conspiracy theories, with some claiming a body double replaced her during his first term. The White House at the time dismissed the theories as a “non-story.”
Trump’s Truth Social post has been jumped on by some of his supporters. (Truth Social)
Trump has seemingly been digging into conspiracy theories all weekend, including on Friday when he claimed CBS “deleted” his 2015 interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump reposted a Facebook video on his Truth Social account containing heavily edited clips of his September 2015 interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
A message next to the video states: “You are not supposed to see this video. CBS DELETED this entire episode from their official website. You will not find these segments on YouTube either.”
However, a quick search on YouTube revealed otherwise. Clips from the Trump-Colbert interview are still available to be watched on the official Late Show account. One video has 17 million views.
The Independent has contacted the White House for comment.
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- 4 hrs ago
- Confabulation occurs when, instead of recalling accurate memories because of damage to the brain, the person distorts, makes up and misinterprets memories about themselves, others and the world around them.
- As difficult as it is to believe for those on the receiving end of confabulation, there is no intent to be dishonest. It is simply the result of extensive neurological damage.
- One of the most challenging aspects of people who confabulate is that although they are giving blatantly false information, the information can appear to be coherent, internally consistent and relatively normal.
- People who confabulate have incorrect memories that run the gambit from slight, almost imperceptible changes, to the most outlandish made-up stories you can imagine.
- The maddening thing about this is that they are generally confident, to the point of arguing down anyone who tries to correct or challenge them about their recollections, despite overwhelming concrete evidence that contradicts them.
- Confabulation is a result of dementia.
- 7 hrs ago
- Over the years I have tried to think of stories so implausible that no-one could possibly believe them, then along comes something like this.
- 18 hrs ago
- Anyone with half a brain should have been able to see the various "Bidens" over the years. Most of us have pictures to show the differences. The scary part of this is that those powers that have been controlling this farce are dangerous criminals who have been running our country for the past 4 years. It's obvious they wanted to control and destroy the United States. All the supposed "conspiracy theories". have come true. The NY Times is a joke as are the others who post this garbage that it's not true. You'd think they would be embarrassed by their track record of always being wrong. For Trump to post this now means all is getting ready to be finally exposed.
- 2 hrs ago
- Look up irony. Here's a hint it's extra to goldie and silvery in the dictionary. ??
- 22 min ago
- I'm not so sure in this case, this one may be too far gone.
- 19 hrs ago
- I'm thinking trump hit his emotional and intellectual peak at about 12. Perhaps I'm being generous.
- 21 min ago
- Way!
- 19 hrs ago
- This all seems perfectly normal. Nothing to see here. Move along, folks.
- 19 hrs ago
- What I like about that photo is that it doesn't have all that gaudy gold trim trump added.
- 20 hrs ago
- Why did the Indy feel the need to include the word "baseless" in the headline!?
- 17 hrs ago
- Unusually, the Indy seems to have missed a bit of Trumpian joshing!
- 2 hrs ago
- Not by the same distance you missed the target by.
- 20 hrs ago
- Trump has been replaced by a Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo.
- 22 hrs ago
- The ?? ?? keeps sinking deeper into a state of stupefaction.
- 19 hrs ago
- I tried that in response to one of our Russian tyrols (sic) and that got deleted too.
- 19 hrs ago
- Most of the Tyroleans in the US edition of the Indy are of the MEGA bent. There is one that follows a few of us and down-thumbs everything we post, which is an honor when you think about it.
- 1 day ago
- So the fella who claimed injecting bleach would cure covid, that Haitian immigrants were eating cats and dogs, changed the direction of a hurricane with a sharpie, regularly mixes up countries and people and can barely tell the difference between Tuesday and Belgium and New Year and New York, reckons Biden lost the plot and was replaced.
- If only eh. ??
- 19 hrs ago
- Wet magnets don't work and you can fly right beside the stealth and not see it. Fredrick Douglass is doing some great things these days. "Have some paper towels. Hey, you guys are surrounded by water, big water."