US President Donald Trump said late on Monday he is filing a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, accusing the newspaper of serving as a “virtual’mouthpiece’ for the Radical Left Democrat Party.”
“The ‘Times’ has engaged in 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 said on his Truth Social platform.
“The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW,” the post continued, adding that the lawsuit is being brought in Florida.
The New York Times did not immediately comment on Trump’s post.