Trump Sues New York Times Over Alleged Defamation
(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump has initiated a $15 billion defamation suit against the New York Times, alleging that the publication has conducted a smear campaign targeting him while showing partisan bias in favor of Democrats.
In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump labeled the NYT “one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the history of our country.”
He asserted that the paper has become a “mouthpiece for the Radical Left Democrat Party” and characterized its support for his Democratic opponent in 2024, Kamala Harris, as “the single largest illegal campaign contribution, EVER.”
Trump further accused the newspaper of perpetrating “a decades long method of lying about your Favorite President (ME!), my family, business, the America First Movement, MAGA, and our Nation as a whole.”
He added, “The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW.”
The New York Times has not yet responded to the lawsuit, which Trump stated was filed in Florida.
Historically, the newspaper has consistently endorsed presidential candidates in every election since 1852. Its support has largely favored Democratic nominees, with the last Republican endorsement being for Dwight Eisenhower in 1956.
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