US EditionTrump to Sue New York Times over Unfavourable Opinion Poll, Calls 'Fake' Surveys Criminal
Trump targets the New York Times–Siena poll in a $15 billion defamation suit, citing skewed results and calling for criminal charges against fraudulent pollsters.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump said he will sue The New York Times over a Times/Siena poll and wrote on Truth Social, `The Times Siena Poll... will be added to my lawsuit against The Failing New York Times`, suggesting fake surveys should be criminalised.
- The Times/Siena poll showed 40% approval for President Donald Trump, conducted between October 20 and 23, 2024, and the Times said it outlined an unraveling of his 2024 coalition.
- Issue-Level results showed pockets of weak performance as 58% of registered voters disapprove of President Donald Trump's economy handling, with younger and non‑white voters drifting away to older, white voters.
- The Times responded that the renewed lawsuit is "an attempt to stifle independent reporting" and a federal judge dismissed an earlier complaint before it was refiled in October while the Times challenges venue and sufficiency.
- In recent years, President Donald Trump has sued media organisations and pollsters, and his lawyers demanded polling methodology records.
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Trump has been unsuccessful in the newspaper's previous lawsuits.
Trump to sue NYT over unfavourable opinion poll
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will sue the New York Times over an unfavourable opinion poll and suggested that what he called "fake" surveys should be criminalized. Trump lashed out after publication of a New York Times/Siena University poll finding only 40 percent approval for the 79-year-old Republican -- in line with multiple other polls showing declining support a year into his second term. "The Times Siena Poll...will be a…
The New York Times polls don't fit Donald Trump. He threatened the newspaper with a lawsuit.
Stung by Sinking Numbers, Trump Sues Poll For Showing Americans Don’t Like Him
President Donald Trump is taking his grievances about low approval ratings to the courtroom, suing a poll that shows his popularity plummeting. On Thursday, Trump announced via Truth Social that he was expanding his lawsuit against The New York Times to include the paper’s polling operation, specifically the Times/Siena poll, which paints a much less flattering picture of the president than he prefers. “The Times Siena Poll, which is always trem…
Donald Trump attacks the "New York Times" after publishing a poll with bad approval values for the US president. At the same time, political late-night shows are also under pressure: New rules could make critical interviews with Trump more difficult.
The U.S. president has protested against "false polls" which he believes should be considered "criminal acts."
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