.WHEN DONALD TRUMP uttered the word "Springfield" thirty three minutes in to the American governmental discussion on September 10th, David Muir, the co-moderator, was actually readied. Because little Ohio town, Mr Trump announced, illegal immigrants are "eating the pet dogs, they are actually consuming the felines, they're eating the animals of individuals that reside there". Mr Muir promptly replied that, depending on to Springfield's city manager, there were no trustworthy files of pet-eating. The previous president's case must have attacked many audiences as bizarre. But bunches of Mr Trump's followers were actually primed for it: the accusation had been circulating in right-wing groups on social media, increased through Elon Musk, the proprietor of X. How performed the town become at the centre of a right-wing conspiracy idea?