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These posts usually end with “See More” or “Read more”, forcing users to click a link. The design is intentional—it triggers curiosity, emotional reaction, and urgency.

But when people actually click the link, they often discover that the headline is misleading, exaggerated, or completely false.

To understand why these posts appear and why they spread so widely, we need to examine three things:

Who Donald Trump is and why he attracts viral headlines

How clickbait works on social media