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Trump Falls For Satire From Site Called ‘The Dunning Kruger Times’ (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 1 week ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wow - the satire article is not subtle. Guess that's what happens in a "I barely even read the title" world.

https://dunning-kruger-times.com/doge-halts-2-6-million-annual-payment-to-obama-for-obamacare-royalties/

“Honestly, we thought it was a joke,” said DOGE Director Rufus Clapp, shaking his head. “But then we found the payments—direct deposits marked ‘Thanks for the branding, champ.’”

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 53 points 1 week ago

The author details are also a big flag that its satire.

Flagg Eagleton - Patriot Flagg Eagleton is the son of an American potato farmer and a patriot. After spending 4 years in the Navy and 7 on welfare picking himself up by the bootstraps, Flagg finally got his HVAC certificate and is hard at work keeping the mobile homes of Tallahassee at a comfy 83 degrees.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 week ago

Wow - the satire article is not subtle.

Only if you have a functioning brain. Literally written so someone of the same intelligence level as Trump would get super angry that Obama, who "isn't even a citizen", got all that money from everyone calling it Obamacare.