US President Donald Trump has said he would sue the New York Times for $15bn over what the US president calls defamation and libel, the BBC reports.
“The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW!” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Monday.
He singled out the Times’ endorsement of Kamala Harris in the last presidential election in 2024, saying it had become a “mouthpiece for the Radical Left Democrat Party”.
Trump added that his lawsuit was being launched in Florida, a Republican stronghold.
