Posted on 09/17/2025 1:45:28 PM PDT by T Ruth
Donald Trump has sued the New York Times and others for defamation, alleging damages of $15 billion. While the Times has smeared Trump in many ways over the years, this case focuses on a book written by two Times reporters, and related coverage in the newspaper. The book is Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. Defendants include the Times, Times reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig, who wrote Lucky Loser, Peter Baker and Michael Schmidt, who authored anti-Trump columns in the Times, and Penguin Random House, which published Lucky Loser.
Lucky Loser argues that Donald Trump is an incompetent businessman who has never achieved anything through hard work or merit. It alleges that his wealth is due entirely to money inherited from his father and to dumb luck.
The key factual allegations of the complaint–the statements made by defendants that Trump alleges are false–are contained in paragraphs 88 through 92. Some of the statements are very general, and may pass as expressions of opinion. But others are clearly specific enough to be actionable: for example, defendants suggested that Trump committed tax fraud and had ties to the Mafia. Beyond that, the gist of Lucky Loser, the essence of the book that readers are intended to take away, that Trump is a lousy businessman who has achieved little or nothing by his own efforts, is clearly false.
In addition to falsity, Trump will have to prove actual malice–that defendants knew their statements were false, or acted with reckless disregard by publishing them while knowing that they may well be false. ...
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The real problem is most news papers are just
Arms of the Democrat party, spouting party
BS instead of reporting what happened in a
objective way.
A man was assassinated by a nut case Democrat.
Why can’t they say that?
When was the last time a Republican assassinated
a public figure?
I can’t find one, can you?
All I can find is Democrats killing, robbing and raping people. That is why so many blacks and perverts are in jail.
They gravitate to the Democrats.
I’d be happy to know an answer.
A Democrat is incapable of admitting they may be wrong.
Kind of like a three year old kid caught taking candy out of turn.
This post, which made extensive use of obscenity, was censored in CK’s memory.
Does anyone have the Dr Evil meme. 15 billion dollars. ?
And the Times responds with billable hours and hours and hours.
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