.WHEN DONALD TRUMP uttered the word "Springfield" thirty three minutes in to the American presidential debate on September 10th, David Muir, the co-moderator, was actually readied. During that small Ohio city, Mr Trump stated, illegal immigrants are "eating the pets, they're consuming the pussy-cats, they are actually consuming the animals of individuals who reside there". Mr Muir without delay responded that, depending on to Springfield's city manager, there were no credible documents of pet-eating. The former president's case should possess attacked lots of audiences as bizarre. However lots of Mr Trump's supporters were keyed for it: the charge possessed been actually circulating in right-wing circles on social networking sites, boosted through Elon Musk, the proprietor of X. Exactly how performed the city become at the centre of a right-wing conspiracy concept?