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We’re living in a golden age of conspiracy theories, with America now led by a man who was a big fan of the Barack Obama ‘birther’ conspiracy.

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But even so, a new one which is doing the rounds on 4Chan and Twitter is so breathtakingly bonkers it really is an eye-opener as to what people will believe in the age of ‘fake news’.

Ready? Hillary Clinton and John McCain are already wearing electronic tags, and President Trump is about to arrest hundreds of ‘elite paedophiles’ who have been drugging and raping children.

In fact, Trump took power specifically to take on an elite conspiracy of paedophiles involving Clinton, the Rothschilds and other classic conspiracy targets – which is somehow also involved in financing Isis.

Can anyone confirm that Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and John McCain have this boot on their leg? Rumor is going around that they have an ankle monitor they're trying to cover up. Were they indicted? #FollowTheWhiteRabbit pic.twitter.com/ZcExtRUQiU — Becki ❤ (@becki_p20) November 17, 2017

Would be a shame if someone looked up the license plate of the big black van Hillary was whisked away in last night, under heavy guard, in her boot ? ? GVE 9311 New York [I'm assuming] Shame if it proved she was in #FederalCustody #FollowTheWhiteRabbit #Q #QAnon #THESTORM pic.twitter.com/quadSYEZiX — Tiffany FitzHenry (@Tiff_FitzHenry) November 17, 2017

? ALERT!!! New Q posting while Hannity is prepping the masses for major events about to happen. Pray for us ALL? #QAnon #Storm #FollowTheWhiteRabbit? pic.twitter.com/s7bk62EMzS — carocarocjdl (@carocarocjdl) November 15, 2017

The arrests are coming ‘early this week,’ according to various 4Chan types – and the recent helicopter crash over the Rothschild estate is somehow linked to it.

Oh, and Donald Trump’s struggle to drink a bottle of Fiji water was actually a signal that it’s all about to kick off.

These 2 criminal families along with the family of @LdeRothschild and the House of Saud are going down. Tick Tock #FollowTheWhiteRabbit #ChildrenInNeed pic.twitter.com/cHo8TDKwd0 — America First America Always (@thechosenpepe) November 20, 2017

The evidence?

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Well, there’s not a great deal of that, with various ‘tip offs’ from people who mysteriously can’t reveal their identities.

It all seems to be linked to the – baseless – Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which led a young man to storm a restaurant with a gun to ‘free’ children he thought were being held there.