Trump admits to taking COVID booster shot, frustrates QAnon followers

Donald Trump revealed that he’s taken a booster shot of the COVID vaccine, while talking to ex-Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, at the last stop of ‘The History Tour‘, which took place in Dallas’ American Airlines Centre. However, his response has frustrated QAnon followers. 

When Bill asked Trump if he’d taken the booster, Trump affirmed, “Yes. I got it too”, before proceeding to silence the boos coming from a crowd of gathered QAnon supporters. He said it was a ‘very tiny group’ there, but maintained his stance that nobody should be compelled to take the vaccine if they didn’t want to. 

However, this damage control was too little too late, since many QAnon supporters believe that vaccines can cause AIDS-like illnesses and unspecified injuries. They took to social media, specifically Telegram, to voice their confusion at the former President’s statement. 

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Some have still maintained their support for Trump, however clarifying that they disagree with him regarding the vaccine issue. They’ve also hypothesized that Trump’s statements must be deliberately delivered in a manner so as to confuse the Deep State, because otherwise, he would have been arrested. 

A poll also went around on Telegram, reflecting that 97% of the people would still say ‘no’ to the vaccine, while 1% would say ‘yes’. Records indicated that 2% were undecided. 

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Despite causing commotion among the QAnon group, Trump continues to enjoys steady support there. One user established that he was still on Trump’s side and for him to go against the vaccine, thus alienating an entire voting bank that got the jab, would have been political suicide. The same user also justified that Trump’s admission might be a double bluff.

Quickly, the supporter pointed out that whatever Trump suggests, the opponents do exactly the opposite since Trump derangement runs deep still. He went on to highlight the silver lining in Trump’s speech, where he took a stand against the vaccine mandate.