Joe Biden Inauguration is Reality Check That QAnon Zealots Will Refuse On 1/19/21 at 11:52 AM EST QAnon followers face a reckoning with reality when Joe Biden is inaugurated and their hero Donald Trump's tenure in the White House comes to a comprehensive end. Those who embrace the theory see Trump as a savior fighting an evil—and secret—global network of elitists running a so-called deep state government while participating in acts such as Satan-worshipping and child sex trafficking. And polling has shown these beliefs to have gained traction among many Republicans and Trump supporters. For some believers, Trump's imminent defeat has been perceived as a make or break moment—with the prospect of admitting they were duped by a hoax unless he miraculously pulls out a last-ditch maneuver to stay in power.