Influencers associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory movement have boasted about multiple social media posts shared by the Trump administration’s Department of Labor that invoke phrases tied to the movement.

In the first two weeks of 2026, the Department of Labor has posted QAnon-tied phrases at least four times. On January 4, the Labor Department uploaded an image to social media that said, “Patriots in control,” alongside text reading, “Patriots are in control, and we’re never giving up our fight to put AMERICA FIRST.” A few days later, the department posted an image saying, “Trust the plan,” alongside text that read, “Trust the Plan. Trust Trump.” On January 10, the department posted an image saying, “Hold the line,” alongside the text, “Hold the line, Patriots. Our Nation is worth Fighting For.” And on January 12, the department posted another image reading, “Patriots in control.”

Those phrases have significance in the QAnon community: “Patriots in control,” “trust the plan,” and “hold the line” have all been mentioned in posts from “Q,” QAnon’s central figure, and have become slogans repeated by followers of the conspiracy theory.

The QAnon community has noticed the posts, with influencers on social media boasting that the Labor Department was “posting straight up Q,” calling it a “Q proof,” and noting, “Whether you like it or not, Trump has been leaning into the whole Q thing for years, and he’s becoming less and less subtle about it.”

• Multiple QAnon influencers have shared images of Q posts containing the same phrases. One such influencer, Shannon Townsend (known online as “ShadyGrooove”), declared, “Were you a Panican? We caught your asses also,” while another, “TronAnon,” called the posts an “8 year delta,” a phrase tied to the conspiracy theory. Another influencer, Paul Fleuret (known online as “Absolute1776”), compared Q posts with the Labor Department’s posts, adding that it was “probably just another coincidence. 👀” [Twitter/X, 1/4/26, 1/8/26, 1/10/26, 1/10/26, 1/12/26, 10/29/23; Media Matters, 5/12/23, 6/29/23, 7/28/23, 12/18/23; Telegram, 1/8/23, accessed 7/28/23; GreatAwakening.win, Twitter/X, Facebook, accessed 1/13/26; Truth Social, 3/19/23]

• Enoch, a social media figure the Detroit Free Press called a “QAnon conspiracy theorist” posted, “The U.S. Department of Labor's official account is Q posting. This is not debatable now. If you like it, cool. If you don’t like it, too bad. It’s happening.” [Twitter/X, 1/8/26; Detroit Free Press, 1/10/21]

• Jordan Sather posted, “Dept of Labor Q posting again. Must have a based Gen Z intern on staff running the pages.” The Daily Beast has described Sather as a “prominent QAnon promoter.” [Twitter/X, 1/8/26; The Daily Beast, 1/28/20]

• Social media account OGAn0n661: Labor Department is “still posting straight up Q.” The account has a history of posting QAnon slogans and Q posts. [Twitter/X, 1/10/26, accessed 1/12/26]

• QAnon influencer Jeffrey Pedersen, known online as “intheMatrixxx,” questioned whether the Department of Labor's posts were a “pesky Q proof.” Wrote Pederson: “Interesting to note, the United States Department of labor are using Q phrases four days apart. Pesky Q proof?” [Twitter/X, 1/9/26; The New York Times, 11/10/20; Business Insider, 7/13/20]

• Jacob Creech — a figure known online as “WarClandestine” or “BioClandestine” and who has “repeatedly posted in support of QAnon” — posted on social media that by invoking “patriots in control” the “comms don’t get much more direct than that, coming from an official Trump admin account. If you know, you know. If you don’t know, sit tight and enjoy the show.” Creech also noted that the posts were “starting to become a trend” and said, “Whether you like it or not, Trump has been leaning into the whole Q thing for years, and he’s becoming less and less subtle about it.” [Twitter/X, 1/4/26, 1/8/26, 1/12/26; Vice, 1/20/21, 4/12/22]

• “StormyPatriotJoe,” a social media figure who is reportedly a QAnon follower, claimed the posts invoked “signature Q quote[s].” Added StormyPatriotJoe, “Yet everyday I get people who tell me Q is fake And tell me the drops aren't relevant People saying to move on Two Words For (Them) SUCK IT.” [Telegram, 1/10/26; Vice, 5/18/21; Daily Dot, 3/17/25]

• Influencer Brian Cates posted, “Now you got 2 ways to go at this point. This White House is just trolling the f**k out of you OR You need to go back and reassess Q.” Cates, who has shared Q posts on social media, added that “much of the public is STILL PROGRAMMED to instantly dismiss anything Q related” and that the posts meant “you MAY need to go BACK and spend some time REASSESSING what you THINK you already know.” [Twitter/X, 1/12/26; Media Matters, 5/18/23; Telegram, accessed 5/18/23]

• Trump publicly and privately praised the QAnon community in 2020. He said that QAnon supporters “like me very much, which I appreciate,” adding that it was “gaining in popularity” and consisted of “people that love our country.” He also said its supporters “are very strongly against pedophilia and I agree with that,” and reportedly said its supporters “basically believe in good government.” [Media Matters, 12/31/20; MSNBC, 10/15/20]

• Trump has amplified QAnon-promoting accounts on Truth Social over 1,000 times. Those amplifications have included dozens of posts with explicit QAnon messaging. [Bluesky, 9/1/25; Media Matters, 10/29/24]

• Trump used a song associated with QAnon at his rallies. During some of his rallies, some audience members held up a single finger in the air in response, possibly in reference to the “one” in the QAnon slogan “where we go one, we go all.” Trump continued to use the song at rallies even after media and others flagged its background. [Media Matters, 8/10/22, 1/26/23]

• Trump’s team issued press passes for QAnon figures for his rallies — and apparently for his White House. Figures associated with a QAnon show received press credentials for Trump rallies in 2021 and 2023. In December 2025, a member of “NewsTreason 17” — which has a logo containing a Q and its name including 17, a symbolic number for QAnon followers — was apparently admitted into the White House and received a White House press briefing room pass. [Media Matters, 12/18/23; Bluesky, 12/9/25, 12/16/25; BBC News, 3/3/21]

• An influencer, who has promoted QAnon, has allegedly had one of his paintings hung at a Trump property. Chad Vivas (“known online as KAGDrogo”) allegedly has a QAnon painting he created framed at a Trump property in Los Angeles. [Bluesky, 10/14/24, 3/24/25; Media Matters, 1/26/23]