Donald Trump made a false claim that Barack Obama earned $40 million in “Obamacare-related licenses” in mail to his 11 million followers on Truth Social on Sunday.
The fictitious claim that the former US president receives royalties for using his name to reference the Affordable Care Act, which he signed into law in 2010, has been repeatedly debunked. at least since 2017when he was featured on America's Last Line of Defense, a satirical website that publishes fake news designed to attract the attention of outraged conservatives.
The updated version of the statement released by Trump on Sunday was deceptive. many of his supporters in February when it was posted on Facebook America's last line of defense, and in the Dunning-Kruger-Timessatirical site run by the same person, Christopher Blairbased in Mainegodfather of fake news“
On Sunday morning, Trump posted a screenshot of an earlier post with an image of Obama and the text: “URGENT: DOGE Suspends $2.5 Million Annual Payment Barack Obama for “Obamacare-related royalties.” He has been collecting them since 2010, at a total cost of $40 million in taxpayer dollars.”
The President, who spent most of the weekend when he was I don't play golf ridicule Obamacare on social media as Senate Democrats push for extension tax breaks for Americans who rely on the Affordable Care Act shared a screenshot with one word of comment: “WOW!”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the president knew the report he shared was fictitious.
Blair, the owner of the network of satirical websites and social media accounts where the statement came from, told the Guardian in 2023 it is Greg AbbottThe Texas governor was named among the “dumbest people in the country” after Abbott shared a fake article about his state in the Dunning-Kruger-Times newspaper.
