President Donald Trump sparked fresh outrage Sunday after sharing a screenshot from a satire site that falsely claimed former President Barack Obama had secretly pocketed $40 million in “Obamacare royalties.”
“WOW!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, attaching the fabricated headline from a site called the Dunning-Kruger Times. The post read: “DOGE halts yearly payment of $2.5 million to Barack Obama for royalties linked to Obamacare. Obama has collected this payment since 2010, for a total of $40 million in taxpayer dollars.”
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.” pic.twitter.com/G8vBPVJAgX
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 9, 2025
There’s just one problem — none of it is true.
The Dunning-Kruger Times openly brands itself as a fictional satire site. Its own disclaimer leaves no room for confusion: “Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real,” the statement reads. “If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
Despite that, Trump — now 79 and serving his second term in the White House — posted the fake headline to his 8 million followers without clarification. Within hours, screenshots of his post went viral across X and Threads, sparking renewed concern about misinformation coming directly from the Oval Office.
Political analyst Dr. Renee Caldwell of Georgetown University told BlueWire News that Trump’s post highlights a deeper problem. “When the President of the United States promotes fake news — even accidentally — it erodes public trust and feeds conspiracy culture,” she said. “It’s dangerous when satire becomes weaponized by people who should know better.”
This isn’t Trump’s first brush with internet hoaxes. During his first presidency, he notoriously retweeted misleading memes, conspiracy theories, and satirical headlines without verifying their origins. Critics say it reflects a broader trend of blurring fact and fiction in American political discourse.
“Trump thrives in the chaos between truth and entertainment,” said media historian Jon Meacham. “It’s the same pattern we saw in 2016 — and it’s worse now because he’s in power again.”
Even the Dunning-Kruger Times appeared to mock Trump’s blunder, posting, “When your joke becomes presidential policy,” followed by a laughing emoji.
For now, the White House has not issued any clarification or apology regarding the post — but the incident is already fueling conversations about accountability, credibility, and the president’s ongoing love affair with viral misinformation.
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This man is just plain SICK and thrives on disseminating lies and exagerations. I cannot understand how many Americans sucked up to him and voted his way a second time. My first inkling was way back when he amused himslef taunting a disabled reporter. The last straw was January 6th when he did nothing but stand there and internally gloat on pullng that stunt off. Shame on the voters and shame on the electoral college
Obummer likely didn’t pocket the money, it’s in his Swiss Bank Accounts along with his other ill gotten gains…
Your site is full of lies about Trump. You are the probl
It’s voters that are ignorant and full of koolaide
TRUMP IS A LYING PIECE OF SHIT! WELL MR. LIAR YOU ARE THE PERSON WHO IS MAKING MILLION OF DOLLARS WHILE YOU TAKE AWAY WE, THE PEOPLES MEDICARE, MEDICAID & SOCIAL SECURITY. PRESIDENT OBAMA DEFINITELY WAS ACTUALLY HELPING WE, THE PEOPLE! AMERICA WILL BE MUCH BETTER WITHOUT YOU! YOU WILL JOIN THE DEVIL IN HELL!