Planes full of black-clad thugs and “dark forces”: Donald Trump even irritated his house broadcaster Fox in an interview.
A little later the source of the story comes out.
Washington / Kenosha -
Conspiracy theories
are currently alarmingly high in Germany - experts warned urgently after the Berlin Corona demo.
The government around
Chancellor Angela Merkel
(CDU)
is also
appalled
.
The situation is different in the
USA
.
There is no shortage of popular conspiracy myths in the United States either.
But
Donald Trump
is not a critic here.
On the contrary, the
US president
himself stirs up theories about the “deep state”.
Two months before the US election *, Trump stepped up.
In an
interview
with his house broadcaster
Fox
, he fired a verbal cannonade against his rival in the upcoming US election,
Joe Biden
.
Most of it: Remarkably nebulous, close to open play with irrational fears - and far removed from clear facts.
Conspiracy theory of Trump: US President expresses himself nebulous - "dark shadow world" and men "in black suits"
In the conversation broadcast on Monday evening US time, Trump said that Biden and the protest movement were being manipulated by people who acted in secret.
When asked who he was referring to, he replied, “People you've never heard of.
People in a dark shadow world "" That sounds like a conspiracy theory, "replied itself.
Fox
-
presenter Laura Ingraham
.
The money for the protests comes from "some very stupid rich people", according to Trump.
They also
financed
a
demonstration in front of the White House
last week
at the end of the Republican party congress.
A participant of his party had told him that numerous thugs in dark suits were on the plane on which he had traveled - "from Washington to wherever" with the aim of "causing great damage".
Trump did not say who this information came from.
He will provide information at a later date - investigations are currently underway.
According to the
New York Times,
the
White House
and the
US Aviation Administration
were also
unwilling to provide any information.
Before the US election: Trump raises wild allegations, Biden's team reacts coolly - "he has no re-election strategy"
After researching the paper, Trump took up a rumor from June with his statement.
At the time, there was a
post
on
about men in black who were leaving planes in Idaho.
Local authorities would have described this representation as untrue.
A conspiracy theory that President Trump pushed Monday - that a plane “almost completely loaded with thugs” was set to disrupt protests - is almost identical to a rumor that went viral 3 months ago on Facebook.
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- NBC News (@NBCNews) September 1, 2020
In Biden's camp, the statements caused a lack of understanding.
"I can only put it down to the fact that President Trump has no plan, he has no re-election strategy and he is determined to just invent things," said
Biden advisor Symone Sanders
to
MSNBC
: "He's fighting wildly." Trump recently lagged behind Biden in polls - but the gap between the two candidates seemed to be melting.
Donald Trump: US President travels to Kenosha
Trump has meanwhile arrived on a controversial visit to the city of
Kenosha
, where protests, some of which were violent, followed after police shots at a black man.
The
Republican
took a look at the damage caused by rioting in the city in the state of Wisconsin on Tuesday.
Anti-racism protesters as well as Trump supporters took to the streets in the city.
The governor of
Wisconsin
and the mayor of Kenosha had advised Trump against the visit because they feared an increase in tension.
A meeting between Trump and the family of the African American Jacob Blake, who was seriously injured by police shots in Kenosha, was not planned.
Biden himself said during a campaign
appearance
on Monday: "Fires are raging and we have a president who
kindles the flames instead of fighting them." In the US, elections will take place on November 3rd *.
(
fn / dpa
) *
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