My take is POTUS is working his magic show for the masses while the real tricks are happening out of view.
>Paid sign holders
Projection onto opponents what they themselves have been shown to be doing.
>Vid
Went searching for that episode and first hit in the results was this Simpsons conspiracy clip from 10/15, which includes obligatory incoherent narration and sinister music, which I suspect is all designed to pump noise into the truther community. And apparently it got 6 million+ views.