The internet has a new obsession — and this time it involves Donald Trump, mysterious sketches from a century ago, and a time-travel theory that sounds like it came straight out of a Hollywood script.
A collection of strange drawings by long-forgotten artist Charles Dellschau has suddenly gone viral online, with conspiracy sleuths claiming the sketches may somehow hint at Trump — and even his youngest son, Barron.
Dellschau, a Prussian-born illustrator who died in 1923, spent years filling notebooks with detailed drawings of strange flying machines he called “aeros.” The bizarre aircraft look like a mix of balloons, airplanes and steampunk contraptions.
But what has the internet buzzing isn’t just the futuristic designs.
Some of the drawings appear to include the word “TRUMP” scribbled across parts of the machines. In another sketch, internet theorists claim a blond figure is shown piloting a craft marked with the number 45 — the same number associated with Trump’s presidency.
For conspiracy fans, that coincidence was enough to send the theory into overdrive.
And the rabbit hole doesn’t stop there.
In the late 1800s, writer Ingersoll Lockwood published a series of adventure novels about a young boy named Baron Trump who lived in a lavish place called Castle Trump. In the stories, the boy travels on strange journeys guided by a mysterious mentor named Don.
Online theorists say the similarities between the fictional character and Barron Trump are too strange to ignore.
Another Lockwood book, titled The Last President, also fuels the speculation. The story describes a chaotic election in New York followed by violent unrest on Fifth Avenue — details that conspiracy theorists say eerily resemble modern political turmoil.
Even members of the Trump family have been dragged into the conversation.
Trump himself has occasionally made cryptic remarks that conspiracy fans love to quote, including one statement where he said, “I know things that other people don’t know.”
But not everyone is ready to believe the internet’s latest theory.
Kai Trump, the president’s granddaughter, dismissed the speculation when asked about it, joking that she has no interest in going down those “rabbit holes.”
Still, the conspiracy keeps growing online.
Some UFO enthusiasts point to Dellschau’s imaginary anti-gravity fuel — called NB Gas or “supe” — as evidence the artist may have been describing advanced technology far ahead of his time.
Others connect the story to Trump’s uncle, MIT professor John G. Trump, who once examined the papers of inventor Nikola Tesla after his death. That detail has long fueled speculation that secret futuristic technology may have been hidden in Tesla’s research.
Add in a few old paintings and sculptures that some people insist look like Trump, and the internet has everything it needs for another viral conspiracy.
Whether it’s an incredible coincidence, creative storytelling from the 1800s, or just the internet connecting dots that don’t belong together, one thing is clear — the Trump time-travel theory isn’t going away anytime soon.
Give it up people, he is no more a time traveler than I am.