These are heady times for the likes of Roger Stone, Alex Jones, Julian Assange, Mike Flynn Jr., the alt-right, and others who might normally be relegated to the fringes of American politics. People like these have taken on a new importance in the age of Trump, a boundary-smashing political figure who has brought a most unexpected band of supporters into the mainstream, and whose rise has resulted in the blossoming of a series of connections between them. These figures are poised to enjoy unprecedented prominence and influence during Trump’s presidency.

“We are now the mainstream,” Stone told me. “CNN and the New York Times - they are the fringe.”

Take Stone and Jones. The pair enjoy a strong working relationship, with Stone appearing often on Jones’s Infowars show and hosting is own hour on the network once a week.

Jones is the premier voice in the 9/11 truth movement that argues that the September 11 attacks were an inside job, as well as a leading proponent of a multitude of other conspiracy theories. He has said he believes, for example, that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax. He’s made similar statements about the Boston Marathon bombing and a series of other tragedies. He’s also been a rock-solid Trump supporter, championing Trump as a man of the people who will stand up to globalist elites.

Jones’s reputation as America’s premier conspiracy theorist hasn’t stopped Trump, who has a penchant for conspiracy theories himself, from directly interacting with him. In December of last year, he went on Jones’s show, telling him “your reputation’s amazing.” Jones returned the favor, telling Trump that 90 percent of his audience was made up of Trump supporters—an estimate that takes on greater significance in retrospect. The person responsible for setting up the interview was, of course, Roger Stone.

Jones was in Washington for the inauguration, seemingly everywhere, following protests and even doing a surprise interview of a clearly uncomfortable Senator Ted Cruz in a chance encounter in a hotel elevator. Jones broadcast from outside the inauguration, surrounded by onlookers in Trump hats. At one point, he took a question from a man who identified himself as a Breitbart reporter. “What did you think of the speech today? He really laid the wood to ‘em,” the reporter asked.

“He just brought everything George Washington envisioned back, America 2.0, and just basically rebooted and launched the system, and it came out of there like a fiery phoenix, a fire-breathing dragon,” Jones responded. “The globalists are crapping their drawers right now. This was pure Americana, and trailblazing, and science, and vision, and absolutely empowering this country.”

“A global tipping point has been reached,” Jones told me, in the form of a 36-second audio clip sent by a spokesman after this story was published. “Humanity is now seeking out information and news for themselves and not just blindly accepting whatever the corporate press attempts to shovel down their throats. There is a new reformation taking place in the minds of the people against the old status quo and the old orders. This is a true rebellion against the elites.”