.WHEN DONALD TRUMP said the word "Springfield" thirty three moments in to the American governmental debate on September 10th, David Muir, the co-moderator, was prepared. Because little Ohio town, Mr Trump proclaimed, illegal immigrants are actually "eating the pet dogs, they are actually consuming the felines, they're consuming the animals of people who reside there". Mr Muir promptly responded that, depending on to Springfield's city manager, there were actually no credible records of pet-eating. The previous president's claim must possess attacked lots of customers as strange. Yet tons of Mr Trump's fans were actually topped for it: the accusation possessed been actually moving around in right-wing groups on social media, enhanced by Elon Musk, the manager of X. How did the town become at the centre of a conservative conspiracy concept?