Google has argued that "a breakup could hurt America’s interests in a heated geopolitical competition with China over dominance in areas like artificial intelligence," The Times reported. And Trump appeared to be running with that same logic when seemingly shifting his position on wanting to destroy Google in his final days on the campaign trail.

X owner Elon Musk asked if this Election Day rumor was true. Our research found it was a mixture of truth and missing context.

Google searches for "Where to move if Trump is elected" spiked Tuesday evening, election night, according to Google Trends. At the time of publication, multiple news outlets had former President Donald Trump holding a lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in Electoral College votes.