Pentagon division posts QAnon memes amid quantum push

Pentagon posts – A Defense Department X account tied to the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering posted three QAnon-referencing “Quantum Dominance” memes this week, using slogans such as “Trust the plan” and “Where we go one, we go all” as Presiden

For days, the Defense Department’s own feed on X has looked less like an official briefing and more like a wink to the conspiracy crowd.

This week. posts from an account linked to the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering incorporated clear references to QAnon—the sprawling conspiracy theory that tells believers a hidden. righteous battle is unfolding around President Donald Trump. complete with coded promises that a decisive plan is “about to unfold.” The account’s move landed as President Trump announced that the United States would invest heavily in quantum computing systems as part of an effort aimed at “technological dominance.”.

The Defense Department account produced three posts that drew on QAnon slogans and imagery while aligning with the quantum theme. One meme showed Donald Trump positioned in the middle of a large letter “Q. ” under the words “Quantum Dominance.” Beneath it. text read: “Are you enjoying the show?. Refill your popcorn… you’ll love this next part. ” a line that echoes a phrase QAnon believers often used among themselves—during the movement’s height—while promising that a great battle was about to play out.

Hours later, the same X account posted another “Quantum Dominance” meme: “Trust the plan, patriots.” A third post on Tuesday combined a gun-wielding soldier with the letter “Q” and the caption: “Where We Go One, We Go Quantum.”

To understand why these choices matter, it helps to know where the language comes from. “Enjoy the show” was a repeated QAnon tagline. tied to the movement’s insistence that believers were watching history break open in real time. The broader QAnon belief system also elevated slogans such as “Trust the plan. ” including the movement’s hallmark practice of cryptic clues posted by someone claiming to have a “Q” level security clearance on the messageboards 8chan and 8kun. Another rallying cry—“Where we go one, we go all”—also showed up in the Pentagon’s third post.

The quantum announcements provided the official backdrop. Trump’s Monday announcement said the United States would invest heavily in quantum computing systems. pursuing “technological dominance.” The effort. the announcement said. would involve “U.S. industry and research leaders” and stretch across “the Departments of Energy. War. Commerce. and the Intelligence Community.” In a related executive order. Trump said he would create a “National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee.” The Defense Department’s Q-themed memes followed that public messaging.

The posts did not just drift into the void. They landed with QAnon adherents who recognized the references immediately. One X user celebrated the account’s activity with multiple QAnon references in his bio. writing: “Q IS REAL!!!!” That user also posted “These Government pages are getting more and more blatant!. NCSWIC!!!!” with “NCSWIC” spelled out as “Nothing can stop what is coming,” another QAnon slogan.

When asked about the posts, Defense Department spokesperson Joe Loewy responded, “We have nothing for you on this.” He did not respond to follow-up questions.

The Defense Department’s refusal to explain sits in sharp contrast with the administration’s self-presentation. The Trump administration has branded itself “the most transparent administration in history.” It has also previously refused to disclose the authors of social media posts. even when journalists question the content. Those posts have included white supremacist language. virulently anti-immigrant statements. and even a Michael Jackson lyric that used an antisemitic slur. In moments when reporters ask about those statements. agencies have tended to deflect. insult the questioner. or simply decline to answer.

The Pentagon’s staffing has also come under scrutiny alongside the online material. The Defense Department employs Kingsley Wilson. a Pentagon spokesperson who. before her time in government. had a long history of posting bigoted and xenophobic statements. That history includes the extremist slogan “Ausländer Raus. ” a phrase meaning “foreigners out. ” which is viewed as a neo-Nazi rallying cry in Germany. Wilson also explicitly supported the Great Replacement conspiracy theory. which holds that non-white people are being deliberately sent to the United States to replace white populations.

The Pentagon never responded to reporting about Wilson’s history of extremist statements.

There is another reason the QAnon references carry weight far beyond the internet. In 2021. a California father killed his young children after becoming more enmeshed in QAnon beliefs. claiming he’d murdered them to “save the world” from the “serpent DNA” he believed his wife had passed down. Edgar Maddison Welch, who shot up Comet Pizza in Washington D.C. in 2017 in an attempt to “save” children he delusionally believed were held hostage in the restaurant’s non-existent basement. later died in a 2025 traffic stop shootout with police.

Taken together. the timing and language of the Defense Department’s X posts leave a harsh question hanging: if the quantum push is meant to signal scientific leadership. why wrap it in conspiracy slogans that have repeatedly been tied to real-world harm—and then refuse to explain who chose the memes in the first place.

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