President Donald Trump made an exceptionally dumb social media gaffe over the weekend, which would be deeply embarrassing for him if he were, in fact, capable of embarrassment.
The president, on his Truth Social page, shared an article claiming that DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, had spotted and stopped a “royalty payment” of $40 million that President Barack Obama had been receiving for having named Obamacare.
“Wow,” Trump said on Truth Social, above the article.
The claim, though, was a hoax. And for that matter, an old hoax. Versions of it had been circulating for years, but the newest version, referencing DOGE, was posted by “America’s Last Line of Defense,” a Facebook page that frequently posts false news stories, claiming “satire.” That page is associated with a website called “The Dunning-Kruger Times,” which offers a disclaimer stating that “Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie, and it is not fake news because it is not real. If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
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The president, it would appear, is in need of such an examination.
Trump has not, as of yet, deleted the post, even though it was widely debunked days ago.
Now, CNN anchor Jake Tapper has ripped the president for sharing the fake post.
“President Obama is not getting paid royalties for Obamacare,” Tapper said Monday in an Instagram video. “It’s not true. There’s no truth to it. It’s insane.”
No, President Trump, former President Obama is not getting “royalties” from Obamacare pic.twitter.com/li1VWHhLPb
— Jake Tapper 🦅 (@jaketapper) November 10, 2025
Explaining the Dunning-Kruger Effect in the video, Tapper stated that “he did a study. Basically, the study suggests that the less somebody knows about a subject, the more they think they are an expert on that subject.”
