I really hope history is not repeating itself with all the conspiracy groups and militias which believe President Trump is their leader. The Ku Klux Klan is resurgent and marching along with new white nationalist groups. The Patriot Prayer in Oregon and the wide assortment of groups in Charlottesville, Washington D.C. and other places believe President Trump is one of them. The conspiracy group Q Anon is openly showing itself at Trump rallies. Showing themselves in such numbers tends to give others the confidence to join in their lunacy.

The Q believes Trump is directing an overthrow of the deep state or shadow government. His demeaning statements of people and the media are a rallying cry for these conspiracy whackos. They believe Trump is sending them messages when he misspells a word or makes a new one. I think he knows this and does so to encourage their devotion. Hopefully his nonsense hasn’t yet caused them to act with violence.

Old groups are reforming and new groups are forming with two goals. The white nationalists want to put all non-Europeans in their place, or kill them, or deport them no matter how many generations they have lived here. The second goal is to overthrow the existing government by force, if needed, and replace it with a populist one.

Years ago the FBI broke up and drove underground the Idaho militia groups. One of the leaders said they were part of an association overseen by a committee. What if all these white nationalist and conspiracy groups fall under the control of a committee controlled by one person? Could it become like Poland’s Law and Justice Party or Turkey’s Justice and Development Party or Hitler’s Brown Shirts of his nascent Nazi Party? American’s have shown a proclivity to believe in conspiracies. Let’s hope they never really get organized!