CNN anchor Jake Tapper was visibly stunned on Monday by a report that President Donald Trump shared a fake story from an obvious parody news website.
On Sunday, Trump posted on Truth Social that former President Barack Obama earned at least $40 million in royalties since 2010 from Obamacare, his signature policy achievement. The post was viewed millions of times by his 11 million followers.
Tapper discussed the post on CNN's "The Lead" on Monday.
"The claim, if you can call it that, originated on a website called the Dunning-Kruger Times, which notes on its about section, 'Everything on this website is fiction, unquote, everything,'" Tapper said "As for the Dunning-Kruger Times followers, well, the website calls those folks 'taters' or 'conservative fans of America's last line of defense, which is the spin off network Dunning-Kruger Times describes taters as 'fragile, frightened, mostly older caucasian Americans who believe nearly anything.'"
"As for that flagship, America's last line of defense, it describes itself as a 'network of trolls and propaganda for cash,'" Tapper continued. And yet, President Trump posted something from that site on Truth Social as if it were a factual news story from a legitimate source. President Trump even wrote in all caps, 'Wow.'"
