Donald Trump has referred to QAnon followers as 'people who love our country' - while to the FBI they are considered a potential domestic terror threat. The Guardian US technology reporter Julia Carrie Wong explains the roots - and rise - of QAnon, the unfounded conspiracy theory that emerged in the US in 2017, and is now spreading across the world Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► bit.ly/guardianwiressub The QAnon orphans: people who have lost loved ones to conspiracy theories ► www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/23/qanon-conspiracy-theories-loved-ones 'Quite frankly terrifying': How the QAnon conspiracy theory is taking root in the UK ► www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/20/the-qanon-conspiracy Support the Guardian ► support.theguardian.com/contribute Today in Focus podcast ► www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► www.youtube.com/theguardian Owen Jones talks ► bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► is.gd/guardianculture