--- title: "Trump Posts Claim About Health Care System Cited to “Dunning-Kruger Times,” a Website Making Fun of Stupid People" description: "President Donald Trump made a post attacking Barack Obama for allegedly profiting off of Obamacare, which of course was total nonsense." date: "2025-11-10" modified: "2025-11-10" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/trump-claim-cited-to-dunning-kruger-times" categories: - "Future Society" --- # Trump Posts Claim About Health Care System Cited to “Dunning-Kruger Times,” a Website Making Fun of Stupid People ![President Donald Trump made a post attacking Barack Obama for allegedly profiting off of Obamacare, which of course was total nonsense.]() *Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images* The arbiter of "fake news" himself has gotten duped. On Sunday, president Donald Trump [posted an image]() claiming that his predecessor Barack Obama had been collecting millions in taxpayer dollars from "royalties linked to Obamacare." Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, the post further averred, had heroically intervened to halt the yearly payments of $2.5 million, which totaled to $40 million since 2010. "WOW!" Trump wrote in the post, receiving nearly 18,000 likes and over 8,000 "ReTruths" on his social network Truth Social. But these claims weren't just false — they're so outrageously fake that their actual origin was mocking anyone credulous enough to fall for them. As many outlets quickly noted, the bogus item originates from a website called — we kid you not — the "Dunning-Kruger Times." The name, of course, is a reference to the [Dunning-Kruger effect](), the well-observed tendency of particularly stupid people to vastly overestimate their abilities or intelligence. The name couldn't be more on the nose if it was called "Website For Gullible Dopes Who Believe Anything They Hear." "Everything on this website is fiction," the satirical site's "About Us" page reads. "If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined." Per [coverage from *The Guardian*](), a White House spokesperson refused to directly answer questions on whether Trump knew that the claims he shared were satire, and instead, [via *Forbes*](), unleashed a missive about how Obama "rapidly became a multi-millionaire" after leaving office, while Trump is supposedly the only president in history "to have actually lost money in office." (On that note, may we direct you to some of Trump's [extremely suspicious crypto deals]() that have [made his family billions of dollars]()?) It remains unclear why Trump shared the obviously fake claims, which were posted seemingly apropos of nothing. The gaffe, in any case, comes amid greater scrutiny into Trump's health and in particular what many interpret as signs of cognitive decline. Just last week, Trump was [visibly struggling to remain awake]() during a meeting in the Oval Office. In April, Trump's White House physician said that the president is in "excellent cognitive and physical health," and revealed that he had gotten a perfect score on a cognitive assessment that detects early signs of dementia. Later, Trump bragged about acing the test, which he called "very hard." "One of the doctors said he's almost never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect score. I had the highest score. And that made me feel good," Trump [gloated while speaking]() to reporters. "There aren't a lot of people in this room that would get every single question right, I can guarantee you." To be fair to Trump, he's not the only political leader that's fallen victim to the subterfuge of [Dunning-Kruger-Times.com](). In 2023, Texas governor Greg Abbott shared a fake story about country singer Garth Brooks, who was [attacked by some of the right]() for stating that he was "inclusive," being booed off stage by "patriots" at a concert in a town that does not exist. In response, the site's owner, Christopher Blair, called Abbott "one of the dumbest people in the country." **More on Trump:** [*President Trump Posts AI Video of Himself Spraying Explosive Diarrhea on Peaceful Protestors*]() ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()