A WILD conspiracy theory claims that Donald Trump is a time traveller who came to the present to save us from an impending nuclear war.

The brash Republican presidential nominee found himself in hot water this week for his "vile" comments about women, including some about his own daughter.

6 The Donald has found himself under scrutiny for his comments about women... but is there more than meets the eye? Credit: Getty Images - FilmMagic

But perhaps there is more to the tanned tycoon than meets the eye, as conspiracy theorists claim that The Donald is actually a time traveller who is here to save us all from nuclear war.

The theory emerged on a notoriously shady forum called 4chan, where posters claimed that Donald Trump is linked to a time-travelling man named John Titor.

Titor allegedly travelled from the year 2036 to the year 2000 to warn us of an impending war with ISIS, the Star reports.

6 Could Donald Trump have travelled back in time to warn us about the threat of a nuclear war with ISIS? Credit: Getty Images

First posting on the 4chan message boards 16 years ago, Titor claimed to be a soldier from 2036, who lived in a world ravaged by war and travelled back in time to change the future.

Titor eventually vanished from the internet, but now the legend has been reignited - as people claim that he is linked to loud-mouthed Donald Trump.

6 John Trump, Donald's uncle, was a scientist tasked with analysing the works of Nikola Tesla Credit: Wikipedia

Legend has it that Donald Trump's uncle, John Trump, was asked by the government to investigate notes made by "mad scientist" Nikola Tesla.

In his capacity as an MIT professor, uncle Trump studied the secret works of Tesla, the gifted inventor who helped supply electricity to America in the late 1800s.

And conspiracy theorists claim that John Trump stumbled across something very special among Tesla's lab notes - the designs for a time travel machine.

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In interviews Donald Trump regularly brought up his “uncle John”, who was a well-regarded nuclear scientist.

The Donald has also referred to his uncle's knowledge of nuclear war, predicting that an atomic conflict will break out eventually and bragging about his intricate knowledge of the deadly weapons.

6 Inventor Nikola Tesla had the blueprints for a time machine, if the theory is to be believed Credit: Getty Images

And another man with an intricate knowledge of nuclear weapons is John Titor, the time traveller who first appeared on online forums with apocalyptic warnings.

Donald John Trump is well known for using his middle name as a fake first name, going by the aliases of John Miller and John Barron.

And some people claim that he has another such identity - as John Titor.

6 Some claim that Trump is really a man called John Titor, who came from the future to change the course of history Credit: Splash News

The story goes that Trump used Nikola Tesla's designs to travel to the future, before returning to warn us of what lies in wait.

When nobody listened, Trump took matters into his own hands and spent decades making money - in order to fund a bid for President and avert the terrifying future himself.

6 Could the wild theory be true? Or was it just made up by Trump fans with too much time on their hands? Credit: Splash News

Last year, Trump hinted at his knowledge of the threats facing America, claiming: “I know more about ISIS than the generals do, believe me."

Perhaps this is because he's seen the future, or perhaps it's just because he's an egomaniac whose online fans think he is a time-travelling hero.

Only time will tell...