Trump’s Fox News Meltdown Over ‘People In Dark Shadows’ Lights Up Twitter
Trump kicked off a strange new conspiracy theory.
By Ed Mazza, HuffPost US
President Donald Trump sat down with Laura Ingraham for a lengthy interview on Fox News Monday and his critics couldn’t decide on the wildest part.
Trump attacked Black Lives Matter, saying the name alone was “bad for Black people” and compared the police officer who shot a Black man in the back seven times to a golfer who missed an easy putt.
Trump attacked Black Lives Matter, saying the name alone was “bad for Black people” and compared the police officer who shot a Black man in the back seven times to a golfer who missed an easy putt.
He also presented a series of conspiracy theories, claiming “people that are in the dark shadows” control both “the streets” and former Vice President Joe Biden. And he spun a conspiracy theory about an airplane:
“We had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend. And in the plane, it was almost completely loaded with thugs, wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear and this and that.”
Trump claimed the people on the plane wanted to “do big damage” to the Republican National Convention, yet offered no other details.
“We had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend. And in the plane, it was almost completely loaded with thugs, wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear and this and that.”
Trump claimed the people on the plane wanted to “do big damage” to the Republican National Convention, yet offered no other details.
The president’s claims were so wild that Ingraham jumped in to try and save him several times.
The strange interview was all the talk on Twitter:
All of you idiots making fun of Donald and ignoring the VERY CLEAR information he’s trying to convey — people in the dark shadows who are getting on planes in black uniforms and flying to cities. Shadow People Dressed In Black On Airplanes. WAKE UP. https://t.co/ZhW5hX2HRV— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) September 1, 2020
You know things are bad when Laura Ingraham has to save President Trump from saying stupid things. https://t.co/jBBp9x7e4U— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) September 1, 2020
I'm sorry, but Trump's Laura Ingraham interview is comedy gold... If only the fate the free world weren't at stake.— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) September 1, 2020
Is this dude ok? https://t.co/pq9vKRJHe8— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 1, 2020
Trump should just keep doing TV all the time because it's going great for him.— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 1, 2020
When you need to be saved by Laura Ingraham, it’s not good. https://t.co/FOpiTPihE1— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) September 1, 2020
you know you’ve got a problem when you can’t even interview with laura ingraham and not just machine gun your own feet the whole time— kilgore trout, non ass-talker (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 1, 2020
Trump says "people are pulling Biden's strings."
When pressed who, he says. "people that you've never heard of."
Trump is off the deep end folks! https://t.co/hO4h8c8QCH— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) September 1, 2020
If that was the part of the Laura Ingraham interview of Donald Trump that the editors decided was good to put on the air, what the hell did they edit out?— JRehling (@JRehling) September 1, 2020
Tonight Trump talked about people in the dark shadows controlling Biden and a plane full of people wearing black uniforms and more. And a lot of people are saying he's nuts.
He's not. This is a deliberate appealing to QAnon. Stop underestimating him. That's what got us here.— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) September 1, 2020
She missed the follow up here; Dark Shadows the original TV show or the movie?— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) September 1, 2020
Dark Shadows is trending? Barnabas is pleased. pic.twitter.com/FaEPSAyNNo— V-Revolticon (@VRevolticon) September 1, 2020
I’d maybe just run this as a 30-second ad https://t.co/K9TmBjTauI— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) September 1, 2020
Oh my. “Dark shadows” and “people wearing black uniforms.” How much is it worth to you that this unwell man is not president? $1? $10? $100? Step up and save America from this lunatic. Elect @JoeBiden at: https://t.co/8cqOQN2Ny3https://t.co/JhW4LjK0kF— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) September 1, 2020
The cops "CHOKED"?!? Trump saying the Cops in Kenosha that just SHOT an Unarmed African-American man 7 times in the back "CHOKED...like in Golf" . Trump's so bad EVEN Laura Ingraham herself stopped him & Cut Trump off for damage control!🤬🤦🏼♂️ pic.twitter.com/gLWjACFfpg— DanielNewmaη (@DanielNewman) September 1, 2020
Trump couldn't even get through a softball, super-friendly Laura Ingraham interview tonight without spiking himself multiple times and Laura having to repeatedly interject in an effort to save Trump from himself.
But Biden's supposedly the one fearing the debates.— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) September 1, 2020
This is batshit, unhinged lunacy. Trump claims that “dark, shadowy forces” are controlling Biden, and that literall plane loads of Antifa folks dressed in black and riot gear are flying around the country fomenting mayhem. https://t.co/ypMBpHhx75— Brad Simpson (@bradleyrsimpson) September 1, 2020
Dark Shadows pic.twitter.com/GapTJLSj1o— Robert Bose (Very Apologetic Ex Trump Voter) (@RobertBose1) September 1, 2020
Trump Just Went Full QAnon in a Wild Fox News Interview
Even Laura Ingraham called Trump's claims a "conspiracy theory."
FOX NEWS
President Donald Trump’s latest unfounded claims were so unhinged that even a Fox News host called them a “conspiracy theory.”
In an interview with Laura Ingraham broadcast on Monday night, Trump made multiple baseless claims about his opponent Joe Biden being controlled by a shadowy group of people who were funding the protests that have rocked the U.S. in recent months.
And experts believe that Trump’s wild claims, which lack any level of detail, will fuel multiple conspiracy theories, including QAnon
Speaking about law and order, a topic that has become central to his re-election bid, Trump said that Biden was weak and that he was being “controlled like a puppet” by a group he referred to cryptically as “they.”
Trump said that Biden was being controlled by "people that you've never heard of. People that are in the dark shadows. They're people that are in the streets, they're people that are controlling the streets.”
Trump claimed the unrest in Portland, where protesters have demonstrated and clashed with police for more than three months, was being fomented by protesters who were being paid by this shadowy group.
The president added that funding for a “revolution” is coming from “very stupid rich people that have no idea that if their thing ever succeeded, which it won't, they would be thrown to the wolves like never before.”
The baseless claims were so wild that even Ingraham, who’s a staunch supporter of the president, responded: “That sounds like a conspiracy theory.”
But that didn’t deter Trump. He went on to allege that a planeload of “thugs” had been flown to an unspecified location to cause trouble.
“We had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend. And in the plane, it was almost completely loaded with thugs, wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear and this and that,“ Trump said, adding: “A lot of the people were on the plane to do big damage.
A very similar conspiracy theory about antifa was being shared on social media months ago.
When asked for more details about the plane, Trump declined to comment, saying the situation was under investigation. “I’ll tell you sometime,” Trump said.
Trump also said that the people who were funding groups like Black Lives Matter — which he called “a Marxist organization” — were “just stupid foolish people that made a lot of money.”
Trump has long embraced and boosted various conspiracy theories, most recently giving tacit approval of the QAnon conspiracy.
Following Trump’s comments on Monday night, some QAnon believers hailed his comments as further proof their theory that a shadowy group of elites is working to undermine the U.S. president was true.
But conspiracy theory researcher Travis View pointed out that Trump’s comments were vague enough to appeal to those following all manner of conspiracy theories.
“He's a hairsbreadth away from just pushing Illuminati, Freemasonry, and Rothschild conspiracy theories,” View tweeted. “Trump kept the identity of the ‘shadowy’ enemy vague, so conspiracy theorists can fill it with their favorite villain. Some choose China, the Deep State, or ‘Elites.’ Though some prefer the stronger antisemitic twang of ‘banking families.’”
Earlier on Monday, Trump defended Kyle Rittenhouse, who allegedly shot two protesters to death in Kenosha, Wisconsin by suggesting the 17-year-old Trump supporter was just acting in self-defense.
And in his interview with Ingraham, the president offered an excuse for why a police officer shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times, comparing the act to missing a putt in golf.
“Shooting the guy in the back many times, I mean, couldn't you have done something different, couldn't you have wrestled him?" Trump said. "In the meantime, he could have been going for a weapon and, you know, there's a whole big thing there but in the meantime, they choke. Just like in a golf tournament, they miss a 3-foot putt."
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