Their hero is no longer the president, but some followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory, who have resorted to elaborating some irrelevant rules and laws in order to keep their ideas alive.
Six weeks have passed since President Joe Biden's inauguration on March 4, and it seems that Donald Trump's best chance of regaining the presidency will only arise in 2024, when the current term ends, writes the BBC.
But some of his ardent followers who support the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory believe he will return sooner – citing March 4th, which just passed.
What is the basis of the false claim?
The idea stems from the belief among some QAnon followers that the United States turned from a country into a corporation after the passage of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871.
It's a bizarre, unfounded theory drawn from the sovereign citizen movement in the US, a far-right group that opposes federal laws, general taxation, and even the US currency on the grounds that they restrict individual rights.
Believers in the QAnon branch claim that every past US president, action, and change after 1871 is illegitimate.
But the theory is based on a false interpretation of the Organic Act, which simply turned the District of Columbia into a corporation, better known as a local governing body, and has no connection to the president or the US state as a whole.
So why March 4th?
Before the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution, adopted in 1933, which moved the presidential and Congressional inauguration dates to January, American leaders took office on March 4.
This is why QAnon followers have reached out to this date to support their latest theory.
How do QAnon followers and "believers" react?
The date March 4th began circulating as a theory among QAnon followers, just days after Biden was sworn in as president on January 20th.
This completely predictable event caused uproar in the world of QAnon – towards a completely unfounded theory that Trump is waging a secret war against elite figures who are pedophiles and worship Satan.
QAnon followers had promoted January 20 as a day of reckoning, when prominent Democrats and other suspected members of the “cabal” would be arrested and executed on Trump’s orders.
When the promised "storm" failed to materialize, there was much shock and despair among many believers.
Other QAnon followers on alternative social media platforms like Gab echoed the sentiment.
An influencer, with 55,000 followers on this social network, suggested that there was a 150-year-old clue in the Organic Act of 1871 itself. This act of the US Congress created and unified the territory of the US and determined how it would be governed. But the same act is seen by these conspiracists as giving up the state and taking over powers from corporations, but without providing convincing evidence.