.WHEN DONALD TRUMP uttered words "Springfield" thirty three mins into the United States presidential discussion on September 10th, David Muir, the co-moderator, was actually prepped. In that tiny Ohio town, Mr Trump declared, illegal aliens are "eating the pets, they are actually consuming the felines, they are actually consuming the pets of individuals who reside there". Mr Muir promptly answered that, according to Springfield's mayor, there were no reputable documents of pet-eating. The previous head of state's insurance claim should have attacked several viewers as bizarre. But tons of Mr Trump's enthusiasts were topped for it: the charge had been circulating in conservative groups on social networks, increased through Elon Odor, the manager of X. Just how did the city become at the center of a conservative conspiracy idea?