Controversial pro-Trump commentators Andrew Tate and Candace Owens pushed a conspiracy theory on Thursday that former President Donald Trump has made “some kind of deal” with the deep state to ensure he would not go to jail, in return for bending the knee on certain policies.

During a conversation on her show Candace, Owens told Tate:

It doesn’t feel to me like the same Trump from 2015. And obviously he’s the better candidate, I want Trump to win as well, but it does seem that now he’s accepted money that he can’t be as hardcore about certain topics and certain issues as he was back in 2015 when there was no chance he was gonna win.

She continued, “Now it feels like, I don’t know, like they’ve kind of– I don’t wanna say buck-broken him, but there’s definitely a lot of consultants around.”

According to Wiktionary, “buck breaking” is “the act of publicly punishing a male slave, typically by flogging him, and in some cases subsequently sexually assaulting or raping him in front of other slaves, in order to humiliate him.”

Tate replied:

I’m a fan of Trump. Obviously I hope he wins. My view on it, if I had to guess, and of course I have no data to back this up, I’ve just been around. Trump ran with a scorched earth policy and got into power, and they tried the whole RussiaGate garbage, and I think Trump actually in many ways was very soft in his first administration and he believed to a degree he could reason with these savages.

He continued:

I think there was part of his mind that said, “You know what, I’m really gonna get back into administration and teach these guys a lesson,” and then I think something happened. Someone came along at some point and I think perhaps that deal was done, they said, “You won’t go to jail, Trump Tower will stay standing, your kids will be safe in America, everything’s gonna be okay, but you’re gonna have to bend on these few things.”

Tate then remarked, “Napoleon said it, ‘Fatigue makes cowards of us all,’ and he’s certainly no coward, but it’s amazing how daily war can grind you down,” before adding:

I’m still praying for a Trump victory. I still think he’s gonna be the best president. I still think he’s gonna do his very best. I just feel like somewhere along the line, something has been agreed to to prevent post-presidency or post-death for his empire and for his children. There seems to be some kind of deal somewhere… I don’t know exactly what the deal is. I’m not even gonna say that I blame the guy for taking it. But some kind of agreement’s been made.

Owens concluded by suggesting Elon Musk had succumbed to the same pressures: “I feel the same, and I’m wondering if you do as well, Elon Musk seems a little bit different too.”

Watch above via Candace.

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