Donald Trump on Sunday shared a fabricated claim about Barack Obama, amplifying a debunked conspiracy that the former president has received “royalties” from the Affordable Care Act. On Truth Social, Trump posted a screenshot that read, “#BREAKING: 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,” adding a one-word caption: “WOW!”

The claim is entirely false. Reuters confirmed in March that the story originated from a satirical website, America’s Last Line of Defense , which includes a disclaimer stating that “nothing on this page is real.” Additionally, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which publishes the cuts that it makes, did not

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