Seattle University Associate Teaching Professor Dr Patrick Schoettmer says in a vacuum of information, often misinformation will quickly “move in to fill in the void”.

This comes after Mr Trump was pierced by a bullet at his rally in Pennsylvania.

“Many on the far left were accusing this of being a false flag operation or a staged operation,” Dr Schoettmer told Sky News Australia.

“While those on the far right were trying to blame Joseph Biden for this attack itself.”