President of the United States Donald Trump announced a suit against the "New York Times", demanding $15 billion from the newspaper. The paper “became a real ‘tube’ of the extremist left-wing Democratic Party,” Trump wrote on his fact Social portal. "New York Times" initially refused to comment on Trump's statement. The stock of the paper has lost almost 4 percent of the pre-session trade on the Tradegate affair.
Trump continued, claiming that the paper had been complicit in spreading lies about Trump, his family, the company, the Make America large Again movement (MAGA) and The United States as a whole. He besides criticized the paper for supporting his Democratic rival, Kamali Harris, during the presidential campaign. "I consider it the biggest illegal contribution to the electoral run of all time," he wrote.
"The fresh York Times had the right to lie, defame and slander me unpunished for far besides long, and NOW it will end," Trump wrote. The suit will be filed in the state of Florida. More details were not disclosed immediately.
Against respective media have already filed lawsuits
Trump has brought lawsuits against various media in the past, including CBS and ABC. In both cases, the parties agreed to multimillion settlements. Critics see these lawsuits as an attack on freedom of the press.
The president of the United States is besides taking action against another media whose reports conflict with his views. For example, the American press agency AP was banned from travelling by government aircraft. She refused. adoption of the fresh name of the Gulf of Mexico, given by Trump – "American Gulf".
