Mayor trying to hold city together after Trump's false claims

It has been a chilling couple of weeks for Springfield, Ohio, since former president Donald Trump pulled the city into the presidential race with baseless claims that Haitian immigrants there were abducting and eating household pets.

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Trying to hold the city together has been Mayor Rob Rue, who took office not even a year ago, taking on a part-time post that has been anything but that over the past several days.

"This job as mayor was never supposed to have this type of intensity," said Mr Rue, 54. "But when you sign up to serve a city, you never know what is coming."

It recently fell on Mr Rue to declare a state of emergency, allowing the city to expedite contracts for any additional security that becomes necessary, particularly if Trump decides to visit, as he said he intended to do.