# Would Trump dare claim he is Q? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 25, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940 "2020-08-25T01:08:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/21 "2020-08-25T17:42:45Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > You are being accurate and logical not Trumpian. You’re slightly misunderstanding me. I’m making no claim about what Trump will or won’t claim. I’m simply responding to @Velocity’s claim that anyone can - with equal credibility - post as Q. That’s not true, as I understand it. Only the person or people who possess the right private key can do so. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/22 "2020-08-25T17:44:28Z")
Oh - no argument there - thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/23 "2020-08-25T22:11:18Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > You tell them I hate when they call me “John John”. They want to know if you need any hardtack. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/24 "2020-08-25T22:18:26Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > So, Q from STTNG. More like _Discord_ from My Little Pony. (Fun fact: [that character’s voice is John de Lancie, AKA Q in STTNG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Lancie)) > Faust based Discord’s character on [Q](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(Star_Trek)), an omnipotent trickster played by John de Lancie in _[Star Trek: The Next Generation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)_ > The production team considered casting a soundalike of de Lancie to voice the character, and were surprised to learn that de Lancie himself was available.[[61]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_characters#cite_note-DisQord-62) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/25 "2020-08-25T22:38:30Z")
I can’t quite picture him claiming to be Q, but he talks about himself in the third person all the time, so why not. I think Q smarter than he is, but he could try. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/26 "2020-08-26T06:52:25Z")
Twice in as many weeks I’ve seen Trump holding his hands out to the sides, palms up, like Jesus in a painting. Its the most disgusting, insulting, obnoxious thing, and every Christian should be mortally offended by it. There is no question in my mind that he is purpsefully adopting this “Jesus pose.” So would he stoop to claiming to be the internet flunky who makes weird videos that even weirder people believe in? Of course he would. Nothing is beneath this man. He is lower than the vermin in the sewer pipes under a supermax prison. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/27 "2020-08-26T08:52:11Z")
He should claim he is P. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/28 "2020-10-29T03:01:14Z")
I fully own my nerd card. I absolutely thought this was a ST:TNG reference. I thought you made a good case for it too, but “Q” from “Qanon” does make more sense. 😖 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/29 "2020-10-29T03:11:16Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I fully own my nerd card. I absolutely thought this was a ST:TNG reference. I thought you made a good case for it too, but “Q” from “Qanon” does make more sense. 😖 Seeing this _now_, I can’t imagine taking it anyway other than QAnon Especially with this in the OP: > [@Deeg](#): > > Let’s say his popularity continues to go down the toilet and he gets even more desperate. He knows that QAnon believers like him. Would he try to claim he’s Q to get them all up in arms (perhaps literally)? Maybe after he loses the election? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/30 "2020-10-29T03:35:53Z")
> [@ThisIsTheEnd](#): > > He should claim he is P. Nah. He just _likes_ P. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/31 "2020-10-29T06:23:24Z")
[Q](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(1982_film))? I wouldn’t put secretly being a winged serpent that devours New Yorkers past him 🤔. ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/32 "2020-10-29T06:28:43Z")
> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#): > > claim that anyone can - with equal credibility - post as Q. That’s not true, as I understand it. Only the person or people who possess the right private key can do so. Yeah, this is roughly true. The “[Identity of Q” section of the Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QAnon&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#Identity_of_%22Q%22) gives some details on times when Q lost control of the Q identity. There is some evidence that the identity was permanently hijacked at least once — which is how the Watkinses probably got control of it. Or not, please don’t send me a Youtube link explaining why that’s wrong. (The “QAnon Anonymous” podcast is a fun source for Q gossip.) ---
**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/33 "2020-10-29T09:28:17Z")
Wouldn’t he be opening himself up to libel accusations? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940/34 "2020-10-30T16:41:08Z")
He runs around committing libel out in the open. I doubt he would care. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-dare-claim-he-is-q/918940.md?page=1)