The bug
With commands you can load a crossbow with entities other than arrows (such as a trident), however the crossbow will launch a arrow, not that entity.
In case you loaded a trident into the crossbow, you can see that the projectile is a trident in the crossbow's tooltip.
How to reproduce
Paste this command into a command block or the chat with cheats activated
/give @p minecraft:crossbow{ChargedProjectiles:[{id:"minecraft:trident",Count:1b}],Charged:1b}
Activate the command block or run the command
Hold the crossbow and fire it (Notice the word "Trident" in the tool-tips)
→ ❌ The projectile fired will be a arrow instead of a trident
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do NOT remove this
it doesn't negatively impact the game in anyway but allows you to mess around in creative
Can confirm in 1.16.1, 1.16.2, 1.16.3, 1.16.4, and 20w51a.