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Paul Watson turns on Trump, then denies turning on Trump after losing hundreds of followers

Paul Watson turns on Trump, then denies turning on Trump after losing hundreds of followers

Paul Joseph Watson, Youtuber and contributor to right-wing website Infowars, has had a difficult couple of days with his followers.

After Donald Trump announced a military strike on an airbase in Syria, Watson tweeted that he was officially 'off the Trump train'. His reason being that Trump was a "deep state / Neo-con puppet".

This didn't go down with Watson's audience, who follow him for his rant style videos, whose titles include: "Shia LaBeouf is a complete idiot," "Leonardo DiCaprio is a complete idiot" and "Snoop Dogg is a complete idiot".

Following a sharp drop in his Twitter followers, Watson did a quick about face and reassured people that he was still a passenger on the 'Trump train'.

The entire saga was spotted by author Christoph Rehage (@Crehage), who tweeted Watson's digital epiphany.

First there was the rejection of Trump, whom Watson has praised regularly.

Then, came the realisation that his audience were only there for one thing - which as it transpires is unquestioning loyalty to Donald Trump.

Finally, there was a U-turn, presumably in order to regain some lost ground.

It can be a slippery slope down from the dizzying heights of alt-right Twitter fame.

I'm sure there are some people who respected you for sticking to your guns Paul.

Until... You know, you didn't.

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