.WHEN DONALD TRUMP said the word "Springfield" thirty three moments right into the American governmental debate on September 10th, David Muir, the co-moderator, was readied. In that little Ohio city, Mr Trump stated, illegal immigrants are "eating the pets, they're consuming the kitties, they are actually eating the household pets of people who stay there". Mr Muir immediately replied that, according to Springfield's mayor, there were no dependable reports of pet-eating. The former head of state's insurance claim should have struck many visitors as bizarre. But tons of Mr Trump's supporters were primed for it: the accusation possessed been actually circulating in conservative circles on social media sites, increased by Elon Odor, the manager of X. Just how did the city become at the center of a conservative conspiracy theory?