Video appears to show Donald Trump supporters being told to stop making one-finger QAnon salute at rally

• A group of people at a Trump rally appeared to do a hand gesture.

• Security stopped supporters at a North Carolina rally from repeating the salute.

• Trump seems to have embraced the conspiracy movement more than before.

A group of people at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina were asked to stop performing a one-fingered salute.

The crowd at the rally could be seen raising their arms and pointing a finger in the sky, before a staff member approached them and asked them to stop.

—Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) September 24, 2022

The security staff fanned out and told people to take their hands out of their pockets.

She said she talked to people at the rally who said the salute was a reference to the slogan "Where We Go One We Go All". A man said he was angry that he was told to stop.

—Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) September 24, 2022

A crowd at a Trump rally in Ohio lifted their fingers as a song played in the background.

Speculation about why the former president was now embracing the cultish conspiracy theory movement was sparked by the incident and the fact that Trump made references to it on social media.

According to Alex Kaplan, a senior researcher for US-based media watchdog Media Matters, the QAnon signaling could give insight into Trump's state of mind.

"From my experience doing this over time, I have generally gotten the sense that there's a correlation between Trump increasing the number of accounts he promotes and when he's angry or stressed," Kaplan told the outlet.

The former president is facing a number of lawsuits and investigations, including a Department of Justice investigation into his handling of federal records and a fraud lawsuit against him by the New York Attorney General.

Kaplan told Grid News that it was concerning to see the former president embrace the conspiracy theory, especially since it was linked to multiple acts of violence.

The recent coverage of Trump's links may have influenced security at the North Carolina rally.

Business Insider has an article on it.