{"id":20104,"date":"2026-07-28T18:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20104"},"modified":"2026-07-28T18:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:24:27","slug":"nyt-fires-back-at-trump-after-truth-social-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20104","title":{"rendered":"NYT Fires Back at Trump After Truth Social Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5745864\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5745864\" class=\"wp-image-5745864 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26147625405982-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"trump\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26147625405982-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26147625405982-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26147625405982-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26147625405982-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26147625405982-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26147625405982-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26147625405982-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5745864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacquelyn Martin\/AP Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The New York Times<\/em> hit back against President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> after the commander in chief crowed about his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/trump-files-15-billion-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times-one-of-the-worst-and-most-degenerate-newspapers\/\">powerful Defamation lawsuit<\/a>\u201d against the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYTimesPR\/status\/2082042595635552443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to X<\/a> on Tuesday to bat down the president\u2019s boast about the case, which survived a legal challenge from the outlet seeking to get the $15 billion lawsuit tossed.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a Florida judge gave Trump\u2019s lawyers until Aug. 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trumps-15b-lawsuit-against-new-york-times-carries-as-judge-gives-attorneys-chance-amend-filing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to update and refile the case<\/a>. It\u2019s the second time that Trump\u2019s legal team has been allowed to amend his legal filing.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The president crowed <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116994156371757363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on his Truth Social platform<\/a> about the legal decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBREAKING 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,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs 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,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to hold The Times and their \u2018comrades\u2019 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times \u2014 which recently battled the administration after federal prosecutors in New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/judge-orders-doj-to-hand-over-internal-records-after-ny-times-subpoena-retreat\/\">subpoenaed four of its reporters<\/a> \u2014 wasn\u2019t having it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the contrary, the judge simply gives him yet another chance to draft a complaint that demonstrates any legal merit,\u201d according to the statement from Times spokesman <strong>Charlie Stadtlander<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The case was first tossed in September, when a judge slammed Trump\u2019s legal team for using the public filing as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/lawcrime\/just-in-judge-tosses-trumps-lawsuit-against-nyt-says-it-unmistakably-and-inexcusably-violated-rules\/\">a public forum for vituperation and invective<\/a>,\u201d before allowing it to be amended.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacquelyn Martin\/AP Photo The New York Times hit back against President Donald Trump after the commander in chief crowed about his \u201cpowerful Defamation lawsuit\u201d against the outlet. 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