Ask a political expert how Trump came to power, and you’ll likely get a well thought out answer. Ask a conspiracy theorist… well, that’s what we are here to discuss.
Now, the world is full of odd occurrences and coincidences, but this latest bizarre turn of events has got people convinced something more must be going on.
Two books written by American lawyer and novelist Ingersoll Lockwood has some people scratching their heads.
Why has it got people confused and on edge? Well because Lockwood seems to name drop people tied to president Donald Trump and according to some, even makes reference to his political dominance in the modern day.
Mind you, the two books were published in 1893 and 1896, so a fair few years before Trump was actually born.
The conspiracy theory has been blowing people’s minds (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The two fictional novels are called Baron Trump’s Marvellous Underground Adventure and The Last President. By the titles alone, you can understand why it has got people talking.
While it does spell Trump’s son’s name incorrectly (it’s spelt Barron), the apparent similarities to real life have been too much for some to bear.
In the story of Little Baron Trump, he is described as a wealthy, aristocratic young man who lives in Castle Trump, a fictional location which many comparing to the real life Trump Tower. He also has a mentor named ‘Don’.
But the apparent similarities don’t stop there. Though The Last President doesn’t feature Baron Trump, it does depict political divide after a new President takes office.
The political outsider is from New York and becomes president only for protests to erupt in the streets, with it ultimately leading to the downfall of the American Republic.
Add this to the long list of conspiracy theories involving Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
An early chapter of the book reads: “Mobs of vast size are organizing under the lead of anarchists and socialists, and threaten to plunder and despoil the houses of the rich who have wronged and oppressed them for so many years.”
Now while you might read this and go, ‘oh that’s kind of interesting’ others have suggested this is evident that Donald Trump is actually a time traveler who inspired Lockwood or that the author was ‘psychic’.
On Twitter one user commented: “Time Travelling confirmed.”
With another adding: “This story is wild. Trump possibly having access to Tesla’s research would partly explain why the powerful hate him so much. just sayin’…”
And a third adding: “The first time I heard this it seemed some strange fantastical coincidence. It’s all warped into something very real now.”
I’m not quite convinced myself, but when has that ever stopped the internet?
