.WHEN DONALD TRUMP said the word "Springfield" thirty three moments into the United States governmental discussion on September 10th, David Muir, the co-moderator, was actually prepped. During that small Ohio town, Mr Trump announced, illegal immigrants are "eating the dogs, they are actually eating the pet cats, they're eating the animals of the people that live there". Mr Muir quickly responded that, according to Springfield's city manager, there were actually no legitimate files of pet-eating. The past president's insurance claim have to have attacked numerous visitors as unusual. However bunches of Mr Trump's enthusiasts were topped for it: the claims had been circulating in conservative circles on social media, enhanced through Elon Musk, the proprietor of X. How did the town happened at the centre of a conservative conspiracy idea?