Posted on 09/16/2025 4:29:01 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
U.S. President Donald Trump sued The New York Times, four of its reporters, and publisher Penguin Random House for at least $15 billion, claiming defamation and libel, and citing reputational damage, a Florida court filing showed.
Trump's suit cites a series of New York Times articles, one an editorial prior to the 2024 presidential election, which said he was unfit for office, and a 2024 book published by Penguin titled "Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success."
"Defendants maliciously published the Book and the Articles knowing that these publications were filled with repugnant distortions and fabrications about President Trump," according to the filing lodged on Monday in the U.S. District Court, Middle District Florida.
The New York Times and Penguin did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
The publications have harmed Trump's business and personal reputation, thereby causing massive economic damage to his brand value and significant damage to his future financial prospects, Trump's lawyers said in the filing.
"The harm to the value of TMTG (Trump Media and Technology Group) stock is one example of how the Defendants’ defamation has injured President Trump," said his lawyers, citing "a precipitous decline in the stock price."
TMTG stock has been under pressure in recent months fueled by worries about the end of a so-called lock-up period related to its stock market debut in March.
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He should also sue NPR/PBS for lying about him using public money.
Agreed.
Libel’s tough to prove due to our weak laws, but this sounds like he may have a chance.
HOORAY President Trump!
Praying he succeeds
He filed the lawsuit in Florida. The Slimes is settling.
For how much?
That would put the Arthur Ochs Sulzbergers firmly in the poor house.
Filed 15 billion. The Slimes will pick up the cost for the library.
Good!
I hope he gets every penny
Am I alone in wondering if they’re worth $15B? Even counting their insurance, Random House, and all four reporters.
Run them back to printing their rag on an office copier.
If he could find a way to have the federal government sue the New York Homosexual Times, then it would bankrupt them. The DOJ has unlimited resources, and it would be the death of that communist rag.
Otherwise, if the lawsuit was filed in Manhattan, it will be very difficult to get a conviction in that filthy state.
“Am I alone in wondering if they’re worth $15B? Even counting their insurance, Random House, and all four reporters.”
Good question. The answer is they aren’t. Bankruptcy filings to occur soon IMHO.
Hope he drains their bank accounts. 🤞
“Libel’s tough to prove “
It seems that PDJT and Melania have good instincts when it comes to these situations, since they hardly ever lose.
I think the goal is to bankrupt them.
I am very encouraged that we have a much more truly conservative President finally, and he has the intestinal fortitude to fight back.
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