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A bizarre theory claims to link the US president to the mysterious time traveller from 2036 who came to warn the planet of an impending nuclear war.

Now an image has emerged of lightning hitting Trump Tower in Chicago, which has fuelled an unbelievable theory that The Donald may have harnessed that energy to run a time machine.

Many claim that Trump had links to the Nikola Tesla, the "mad scientist" who supposedly developed crackpot theories on how to travel through time.

The scientist's time travel theory was largely ignored, and Donald Trump's uncle John Trump also claimed his work had nothing of value when he was charged with examining it unsupervised.

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Tesla's work was mainly involved with harnessing electric energy – and many believe that John Trump may have found plans to work a theoretical time machine.

Now a photograph of lightning hitting Trump Tower on a crucial day during The Donald's campaign has fuelled speculation that he was successful in creating Tesla's time machine and altering the course of the election.

The bizarre theory which recently appeared in a 4chan forum claims to be a compelling explanation for Donald Trump’s shock victory in the election last year.

It says that Trump’s uncle John saw Tesla’s plans for a time machine while investigating his work in 1943.

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Tesla apparently explored fantastical theories on free energy, antigravity and invisibility.

After three days looking at the notes John Trump published a report saying that he had found nothing which was not “speculative, philosophical, and somewhat promotional” in character.

But conspiracy nuts claimed Trump’s uncle John found designs for a time machine which required electrical energy.

The theory goes that John Trump handed the information on to the president-to-be Donald Trump.

On the night of the GOP nomination, when Trump was confirmed as the Republican to run for president of the United States, lightning struck his tower in Chicago during a storm.

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Many claimed in the 4chan forum that this proves that Trump harnessed the power of this lightning storm and tinkered around with time on the night that he was nominated on March 15, 2016.

Instagram user @mrmikeyv posted a video of the strike with the caption: “Lightning storm ironically hitting the Trump building on #supertuesday”.

Trump soon became the front-runner in the race to the White House and went on to win the US presidency.

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Time travelling John Titor appeared in an online forum back in 2000 and claimed to come from a future ravaged by the effects of a nuclear war.

He also warned of corrupt governments and war with ISIS before suddenly vanishing from the internet.

Some claim that John Titor was simply an online hoax, but some of his predictions came true and today his statements continue to make people wonder.