From the Daily Mail: Stephen King’s latest critique of Donald Trump has spectacularly backfired after eagle-eyed fans noted he had fallen for a fake post.
The acclaimed author vented his frustrations on X on Sunday night after he heard that Trump had opted not to invite the winning team from the World Series to the White House.
‘Trump says he won’t invite either team playing in the World Series to the White House,’ he wrote.
‘He can’t rise above his petty political concerns even for the great American game. If anything shows what a louse he is, that’s it.’
Within minutes, King’s post was inundated with comments pointing out that the comments he read weren’t made on Trump’s legitimate social media accounts.
King was reacting to a screenshot of a satire post which falsely implied that Trump had written the following statement on Truth Social. The fake post read:
“WE WILL BE INVESTIGATING THE UN AMERICAN BLUE JAYS WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO STEAL OUR BELOVED WORLD SERIES. THEY WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE.”
In response to King’s slam against President Trump, the Community Notes group on X reminded King that he had fallen for a scam.
“The claim stems from a fabricated screenshot. Fact-checks and the White House confirm no such Trump post exists; the image came from a satire account and never appeared on his platforms,” Community notes scolded.
King still has not taken the post down.
Trump says he won’t invite either team playing in the World Series to the White House. He can’t rise above his petty political concerns even for the great American game. If anything shows what a louse he is, that’s it.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 26, 2025
This comes after King pushed out a fake claim about the late Charlie Kirk last month, and had to apologize for it.
King is being widely mocked for pushing the satire claim, and many X users pointed out that King’s entire career has been about spreading fiction anyway.
Reminder: Stephen King is a fiction writer. This also applies to his posts on X
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) October 27, 2025
Stephen King writing fiction again, I see.
— Priscilla Estes (@Priscil47005699) October 27, 2025
You going to acknowledge that your post is your newest work of fiction?
— Wade Miller (@WadeMiller_USMC) October 27, 2025
Yet that’s not true Stephen. He never said that. It comes from a satire account that made it up. I thought you’d get better at checking resources after the last time you had to apologize.
— Raven Grace 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@floridaborn0613) October 27, 2025
Nice community note you’ve got there. I see you stick to fiction even in the real world.
— Aaron J*****🇺🇸🇲🇽🏴☠️ (@aatamkdaddy) October 27, 2025
are you going to delete this post or can we make fun of you some more…for a writer you should know to do your research
— tommydale (@tommyda53620872) October 27, 2025
Hey Sparky – read the community note. You are a gullible fool. You consistently post fake news. In other words, you have a learning disability. https://t.co/Aow5gl8yUh
— ElizabethJ (@flatwalk) October 27, 2025
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