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  • Donald Trump has found an unlikely group of supporters — in China.
  • There was a deluge of support for Trump on Weibo after he said he may be arrested on Tuesday.
  • Trump-loving Chinese users urged him to fight the indictment, calling him a "comrade" and a "king."

Former President Donald Trump has found a group of ardent supporters on Chinese social media as his claims of a looming arrest ricocheted across the Internet. 

On Saturday, news of a possible Trump indictment skyrocketed to the top of the charts on the Twitter-like Weibo platform at 11.30 p.m., Beijing time. The hashtag "Trump says he'll be arrested soon" was the 5th most-read topic on Weibo on Saturday night, with more than 59 million views.