United States President, Donald Trump has declared war on The New York Times with a $15bn defamation suit, accusing the paper of being a Democrat mouthpiece and part of a media conspiracy against him.
Donald Trump has ignited another political firestorm, announcing a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times over what he calls years of lies, smears, and deliberate defamation.
Posting furiously on Truth Social, Trump declared: “The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long and that must stop NOW!”
The ex-president specifically lashed out at the paper’s unprecedented front-page endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, accusing it of acting as a propaganda arm for the “Radical Left Democrat Party.” The lawsuit will be filed in Florida, a Republican stronghold Trump insists will not bend to what he calls the “liberal media cartel.”
Trump, who has repeatedly branded mainstream outlets as corrupt and biased, escalated his attack by alleging a broader conspiracy: that media organizations use “a highly sophisticated system of document and visual alteration” to smear him.
This is not his first legal assault on The Times, but with the $15 billion price tag and his warlike rhetoric, it may be his most explosive yet.
