A rumor that circulated online in July 2025 claimed former U.S. President Barack Obama "logged into" the West Wing of the White House as "Joe Time" on 310 days in 2024. The mention of "Joe Time" referenced former President Joe Biden, who before taking office in 2021 served as Obama's vice president from 2009-17.
For example, on July 7, an X user posted (archived), "310 days in the West Wing. 'Joe Time' from 8 to 4. Barack Obama wasn't just visiting — he was clocking in. So, who's really been running the show in 2024? The name on the door might say Biden, but..." The post, which had more than 35,000 views, displayed a meme showing pictures of Obama and Biden, reading, "Barack Obama logged into the West Wing on 310 out of 365 days in 2024. His entry is listed as 'Joe Time.' His 'Joe Time' lasted from 8 AM until 4 PM every day. Looks like we know who was actually running the country."
(@17QStorm/X)
Other users shared this rumor on Facebook, Instagram (archived), Truth Social (archived) and X (archived).
Some readers seemed to interpret the rumor as a factual recounting of real-life events. However, the rumor about Obama allegedly secretly working remotely for the West Wing was first posted by America's Last Line of Defense — a network of Facebook pages and websites claiming to publish satire. For example, the ALLOD network's website The Dunning-Kruger Times features an "About Us" page describing its output as "parody, satire, and tomfoolery" — along with a humorous reference to Snopes.
On July 7, an owner of the ALLOD "flagship" Facebook page, also named America's Last Line of Defense, originally posted (archived) the same meme with the added text caption, "'Joe time.' He was running the country and charging millions as a 'consultant' to do it."
(America's Last Line of Defense/Facebook)
Snopes has addressed similar satirical claims from the ALLOD network about Obama in the past, including the assertion that he received a $22.9 million donation from the Venezuelan government for the construction of an apartment on top of his presidential library.
For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources calling their output humorous or satirical.