.WHEN DONALD TRUMP said words "Springfield" 33 minutes right into the American governmental argument on September 10th, David Muir, the co-moderator, was prepared. In that tiny Ohio city, Mr Trump announced, illegal aliens are actually "consuming the pets, they are actually consuming the cats, they're eating the household pets of individuals who stay there". Mr Muir promptly answered that, depending on to Springfield's city manager, there were no credible reports of pet-eating. The past head of state's insurance claim need to possess attacked many audiences as unusual. Yet lots of Mr Trump's fans were keyed for it: the charge had been moving around in conservative groups on social networks, boosted by Elon Musk, the owner of X. Just how did the town come to be at the center of a conservative conspiracy concept?