Trump reposts image embracing QAnon 'storm is coming' slogan on Truth Social

On September 12, 2022, Trump reposted on Truth Social an image of himself wearing a lapel pin bearing the letter "Q" alongside the phrases "The Storm Is Coming" and "WWG1WGA," slogans associated with the QAnon conspiracy movement. Vice News reporter David Gilbert, cited in coverage of the post, called it Trump's most explicit endorsement of QAnon to date; researchers noted that in QAnon lore "the storm" refers to a reckoning in which Trump's political opponents are arrested and, in some retellings, executed. The repost came hours after reports that a man whose family said had become consumed by QAnon conspiracy theories was arrested in the killing of his wife, a juxtaposition multiple outlets highlighted. Trump did not add his own written caption to the image; the QAnon-associated text was part of the original graphic he reposted.