President Donald Trump is threatening to sue The New York Times and CNN over “unpatriotic” reporting that the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites set Tehran’s nuclear program back by only a few months, the Times reported.
Trump’s personal lawyer, Alejandro Brito, in a letter to the Times said the article had damaged Trump’s reputation. He also demanded the news outlet “retract and apologize for” the piece, which the letter described as “false,” “defamatory,” and “unpatriotic.”
David McCraw, the Times’s deputy general counsel, replied to Brito, saying: “No retraction is needed. No apology will be forthcoming. We told the truth to the best of our ability. We will continue to do so.”
Read more at Newsmax© 2025 Newsmax. All rights reserved.
