Hey there, tech enthusiasts! It’s your buddy Nuked here, ready to dive into some juicy political antics that are almost as wild as the latest gadget releases. Buckle up!

So, picture this: within just 30 minutes of a presidential debate, former President Donald Trump decided to drop a bombshell about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio. He claimed they were resorting to some rather bizarre culinary choices—like dining on pets! “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs,” he exclaimed, completely ignoring the fact-checkers waving red flags behind him.

After Trump wrapped up his dramatic statement, ABC News moderator David Muir stepped in to clarify. He mentioned that Springfield’s city manager had confirmed those pet-eating rumors were totally false. But did that stop Trump? Nope! He doubled down, insisting that people on TV were saying their dogs had gone missing and were being used for dinner. Talk about a wild dinner party!

This isn’t the first time Trump has danced with the truth. His campaign has embraced this outrageous claim, which has been bouncing around right-wing social media like a ping pong ball at a tech convention. Even big names like Elon Musk and Sen. Ted Cruz have jumped on the bandwagon. And just when you thought it couldn’t get crazier, vice presidential candidate JD Vance chimed in, claiming his office was flooded with inquiries from concerned Springfield residents about their pets. Spoiler alert: local officials said they hadn’t received any such complaints!

Vance even encouraged supporters to keep spreading these rumors despite acknowledging they might be false. “Don’t let the crybabies in the media dissuade you, fellow patriots,” he posted on X (formerly known as Twitter). He urged everyone to keep those cat memes coming—because who doesn’t love a good meme?

In the wake of this strange saga, Trump’s supporters have gone all out with AI-generated images portraying him as a protector of America’s pets. The Republican Party of Arizona even put up billboards in Phoenix referencing this meme phenomenon, urging locals to “eat less kittens” and vote Republican. Now that’s a campaign strategy you don’t see every day!

These memes have become a shorthand for a belief in the white supremacist great replacement theory. Instead of admitting the whole pet-eating rumor is false, Trump’s supporters argue that the media is just trying to distract from the supposed “replacement” of Americans by Haitian migrants in Springfield.

Trump is leading the charge without any sugarcoating—he’s sticking to his story and tying it directly to local concerns about immigration. So there you have it: truth may be stranger than fiction, but in politics, it seems it’s often just plain absent!