A woman recently confessed that she pretended to support Donald Trump and the MAGA movement in order to pay off her student loans — and surprisingly, it worked.
Politics often sparks intense reactions, and showing strong allegiance to a political group can sometimes put someone in the spotlight. For social media user @chckpeasm, that attention turned into a financial opportunity.
Faced with mounting university expenses, she discovered a quick and unexpected way to gather the funds she needed — by leveraging the political sentiments of certain groups.
Identifying herself as Princess Q on the platform X, she publicly thanked Trump supporters for helping her not only finish college debt-free but also move to Los Angeles and launch a successful career in social media and marketing psychology.
In her tweet, she openly acknowledged the deception, writing: “Shoutout to the Trump supporters who helped me graduate without debt, relocate to LA, and build a career — your support kickstarted it all.”
So, what exactly did she do?
Back in 2018, she gained viral attention after tweeting that her parents had cut her off financially and refused to fund her education because she had announced herself as a Black Trump supporter. She shared a photo wearing a MAGA hat, claiming: “I won’t hide anymore. The left wants us Black Republicans to be silent — but I won’t be.”
She claimed her family disowned her for her political views and shared a GoFundMe link, asking compassionate people to donate toward her college fees.
Also known by her real name, Quran, she later came clean in an interview with Elle, admitting that the entire story had been fabricated to raise money for school.
And no, she didn’t just receive a few donations — she reportedly collected around $150,000 in a single day before the hoax was exposed.
Her stated reason? She wanted to make a statement about the 2018 election and discourage support for the Republican party. In her words, “I just wanted to remind people not to vote for Republicans — their policies are harmful, and minimum wage isn’t livable.”
She added that the whole scheme began as satire, inspired by another Black woman who had gone viral for expressing her support for Trump. Quran said she initially intended to mock that post.
Although she claimed to have returned the donations, she later admitted that wasn’t true — saying she fabricated that part to avoid harassment from angry followers.
She explained: “The Trump fans found my old pro-Obama tweets and suspected something. But I was quick enough to pull everything down before they could act.”