The New York Times responded to Donald Trump after he proudly talked about his “powerful defamation lawsuit” against the newspaper.
The Times used X on Tuesday to counter the president’s claim about the case, which had already passed a legal test from the newspaper trying to get the $15 billion lawsuit thrown out.
On Monday, a Florida judge gave Trump’s lawyers until August 27 to update and refile the case.
This is the second time the legal team has been allowed to change their filing.
The president shared his thoughts on his Truth Social platform about the legal decision.
“BREAKING NEWS: The failing New York Times, after 10 years of harassment, slander, and libel, just failed again in their desperate attempt to have our powerful defamation lawsuit against them dropped,” he wrote.
“As we requested, the highly respected judge has called for an updated complaint, which will lay out, in extreme detail, all the ways in which The Times has repeatedly and consistently acted with actual malice in defaming me, my family, our Great MAGA Movement, and America itself,” he added.
“We will continue to hold The Times and their ‘comrades’ in the mainstream media accountable for publishing, promoting, and dealing in fake news.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!President DONALD J.TRUMP.”
The Times — which recently faced the administration after federal prosecutors in New York subpoenaed four of its reporters — strongly disagreed.
“To the contrary, the judge simply gives him yet another chance to draft a complaint that demonstrates any legal merit,” said a statement from Times spokesman Charlie Stadtlander.
The case was first dismissed in September when a judge criticized Trump’s legal team for using the public filing as “a public forum for vituperation and invective,” before allowing it to be amended.
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— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) July 28, 2026
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