A strange theory gaining traction online suggests that Donald Trump and his son Barron Trump might be time travelers.
While it’s true that the U.S. president has had a remarkably varied life—earning a degree in economics, working in his father’s real estate business, and later building a career in television—his path has taken several dramatic turns.
One of the most notable shifts came when he moved from hosting the reality show The Apprentice to launching a presidential campaign, eventually winning the 2016 election amid numerous controversies.
Yet while the 79-year-old remains one of the most controversial presidents in US history, a growing number of people on the internet are now convinced he has pulled off a Back to the Future-like feat.
Trump time traveling theory sparked by old art
The recent surge in the conspiracy theory comes from the discovery of a load of old sketches created by Prussian artist Charles Dellschau, who d:ied in 1923.
His artwork depicts unusual flying machines known as ‘aeros,’ which seem to reveal an interesting connection to Trump and his son, Barron.
Some of the pieces include the word ‘TRUMP’ written across them, one of which includes a blonde figure who is flying a craft marked with the number 45. As many will be aware, this is a number often associated with Trump, who became the 45th president of the United States in 2016.
In the meantime, Dellschau’s works depicted anti-gravity fuel, referred to as NB Gas or ‘supe’, to power his flying machines, which has provided much ammunition for UFO conspiracy theorists.
They state the artwork bears resemblance to what the government calls Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, which Trump has promised to share with the public as part of files previously sealed to the public.
Though the artwork might seem like a bit of a tenuous link, the connection has spurred on internet conspiracy theories who have sought out more evidence of their apparent timeslip.
This in turn has led to the discovery of a series of stories written by author Ingersoll Lockwood in the 1890s, about a boy named Baron Trump.
The books follow the life of Baron, who lived in the lavish Castle Trump and embarked on a series of wild escapades with his mentor Don, who the conspiracy theorists have linked back to Trump, given the similarity of the moniker.
In one story, coincidently titled The Last President, the similarities are too hard to ignore, as Lockwood described a chaotic New York vote, as well as Fifth Avenue riots.
The fictional president even picks a politician called Pence for his cabinet, just like Trump’s former vice president Mike Pence.
What the Trump family have said about the theory
In true Trump style, he has even added fuel to the fire himself by repeatedly making comments like, “I know things that other people don’t know,” which conspiracy theorists have suggested could be suggesting knowledge of future events.
Yet while Trump appears to enjoy adding to the bizarre online claims, his grandson Kai Trump is having none of it.
As the 18-year-old was asked what he thought about the theory his grandfather and uncle could indeed be traveling through time during an appearance on Logan Paul’s podcast, he said: “I don’t want to go down those rabbit holes.”
In the meantime, Trump’s uncle, MIT professor John G. Trump, previously reviewed Nikola Tesla’s papers, which theorists have claimed could include secret time travel technology.
Let’s be real, it’s a wild leap, and begs the question as to whether Trump would have the ability to use knowledge of the future to inform the decisions he makes.
A lot of people who are not in favour of his politics would say this can’t be the case, or he would make different decisions knowing the outcome, like inciting the Capitol riots for example.
Meanwhile, those staunch MAGA fans would only argue the possibility of being a time traveler would only make him a stronger leader.
Regardless of where you sit on the political scale, or whether you ever lean into the odd conspiracy, you’ve got to admit it is all quite a big coincidence.
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