I live in a country much closer to the US sphere of influence, and even here the news is reporting that Americans are claiming Taylor Swift will use witchcraft

I live in a country much closer to the US sphere of influence, and even here the news is reporting that Americans are claiming Taylor Swift will use witchcraft to influence the 2024 election. My parents always told me "when you read news about the Old Country, remember it's not as bad as it sounds", so I have to assume that anyone looking to run an "Americans Do Weird Things" story (much like US news orgs used to run Japanese Do Weird Things stories back in the day) doesn't have to look far to find sources.