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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Dec 4, 2025, 03:50 PM Thursday

The five wildest conspiracy theories from Trump's late-night posting spree [View all]

President Donald Trump promoted a bunch of unfounded conspiracy theories during a late-night social media posting spree on Monday.

Trump wrote or shared more than 150 posts on his Truth Social platform between 9 p.m. and midnight. Many of them were unremarkable political fare, but others were bananas – outlandish conspiratorial tales the president shared with his 11-plus million followers even though they were detached from reality.

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A false conspiracy theory about Michelle Obama

Trump shared a social media post from notorious conspiracy peddler Alex Jones that said, “WILD: Michelle Obama May Have Used Biden’s Autopen in the Final Days of His Disastrous Administration to Pardon Key Individuals, Patrick Byrne Reveals.” Both Trump’s post and Jones’ post included a video of Byrne – a businessman who has promoted unfounded conspiracy theories about the 2020 election – claiming in an interview with Jones, “I think there were four or five pardons she gave.”

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A false conspiracy theory about Michelle Obama

Trump shared a social media post from notorious conspiracy peddler Alex Jones that said, “WILD: Michelle Obama May Have Used Biden’s Autopen in the Final Days of His Disastrous Administration to Pardon Key Individuals, Patrick Byrne Reveals.” Both Trump’s post and Jones’ post included a video of Byrne – a businessman who has promoted unfounded conspiracy theories about the 2020 election – claiming in an interview with Jones, “I think there were four or five pardons she gave.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-five-wildest-conspiracy-090058945.html

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