Hey all, reaching out for comment. Before I publish my hitpiece. LOL
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Theory:
Trump is Shadow President
If Trump is president, then either the events that have occurred during Biden's residency are what Trump wants, or Biden is able to do things as a fake president that Trump does not want, or Trump is not the one making the decisions.
If Trump is still president, for instance, Biden's handling of Ukraine, Afghanistan, and covid are really Trump's decisions and responsibility. Consistency dictates that Trump supporters who accept the shadow president theory criticize their man for what appears to be actions by Biden, or else it must be acknowledged that Trump is not in charge. Of course consistency also dictates that they find all shadow presidencies and fake elections / deep state continuity / soft transition plan coups to be acceptable, not just those perpetrated by their favorite guy. Otherwise, they find themselves in the difficult position of defending a theory that Trump is both a shadow president and a puppet president simultaneously.
A close look at the theories shows that it is understandable why people are considering them. There are strange occurrences that are difficult to explain at first glance. Biden has filmed press conferences from a fake White House production set. There are certain executive orders that Biden has repealed, and others he has not repealed, that do not seem to match what the elites, Democrats, or the Biden Crime syndicate would want. Biden has made many weird public statements beyond gaffes, including of course the famous cornpop which gave all popcorn munchers quite the data point, and his recent mentioning of blackmail. Qanon posts are easily used to show coincidences that are not easily proven to be random as opposed to indicative of pre-knowledge. Devolution theories are anything but superficial and poorly thought out.
Perhaps there are only those who manufacture 'evidence' for these theories, aiming for anything fictional but plausible enough, while simultaneously achieving their own agenda. The 'Trump as Savior' trope scratches a bunch of itches for a lot of people in America, and so it is a way to increase clicks. Same model as flat earthers - a whole community lighting up the internet because everyone loves an 'everything I know is wrong' story - not necessarily because it's a true story. That would occur whether the theory is true or false, and so existence of that is not evidence either way.
One might accept the premise that Trump is sitting President, but reject that 'Patriots are in Control' even of the executive branch of the U.S. It is difficult to imagine a cogent and consistent explanation of how that could be the case. It does, however, allow one to attribute individual events to their idea of good guys and bad guys on a case-by-case basis. This approach fails falsifiability in that the adopter of the theory can claim anything they do not like to be Biden's fault, so long as it cannot be proven otherwise, and keep the credit for anything good for their own favorite. This approach also bears a seemingly insurmountable burden of proof, for the implications of a fake presidency are wide.