Titor was said to be on a 'stopover' in 2000 to visit family and to collect pictures lost in a future American civil war. John Trump left his nephew with his findings hoping that at a later date Trump would be able to complete what he started. The relevance of this for time travel Titor explained, is that the traveller does not enter their own past because their presence would cause changes which in turn would create an ever-expanding set of world lines. When questioned about the topic, Titor also expressed interest in mysteries such as UFOs, which he said remained unexplained in his time.

In his posts, Titor claimed to be an American soldier from Tampa, Florida, who had been sent back as part of a government time travel project. This meant our future wouldn’t necessarily match up with his past, especially after his appearance on our timeline.Even the best shitposts do this because just making shit up only entertains for so long before narrative the runs its course. It’s certainly possible that these statements were simply the result of foresight or good political guesses, especially since the United States had already been involved with Iraq during the Gulf War.

Titor claimed that at the age of thirteen he had joined a shotgun militia to fight on the side of the rural army.

Titor also said that for several months he had been trying to warn anyone who would listen about the potential threat of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease spread through beef products, and about the possibility of an upcoming civil war within the United States. It's early November and a hugely unpopular outsider candidate has just won the election for the presidency. Titor also made statements like “As far as war goes, I have faith you are quite capable of starting one all by yourself,” and “In the grand scheme of things, the war in the Middle East is a part of what’s to come, not the cause. Addeddate 2013-02-24 18:03:35 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier JohnTitorTimeMachineManual Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8v99gp9c Ocr ABBYY FineReader 9.