US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue authors and media outlets that use anonymous sources. The warning came after the publication of a disparaging new tell-all book 'All Or Nothing' by journalist Michael Wolff, which has sparked significant controversy and anger within Trump's camp.
The President took to his Truth Social platform and said that after what he called his wildly successful first month back in power, "Fake books and stories" with anonymous sources are coming out and "at some point, I am going to sue some of these dishonest authors and book publishers" to determine if these sources exist, "which they largely do not." NDTV reported.
They are made up, defamatory fiction, and a big price should be paid for this blatant dishonesty. I'll do it as a service to our Country. Who knows, maybe we will create some NICE NEW LAW!!!," he added.
President Trump has made suing people an integral part of his brand as he made his way up from New York real estate mogul to the US presidency twice, and this time he is taking aim at the common practice of books and news stories using unnamed sources.
Trump is also famously contemptuous of mainstream media in America, which he routinely labels the "fake news" media. On Tuesday the administration broke decades of tradition by announcing that the White House itself would pick which media get close access to the president in confined quarters like the Oval Office as part of what is known as a press pool.
They are made up, defamatory fiction, and a big price should be paid for this blatant dishonesty. I'll do it as a service to our Country. Who knows, maybe we will create some NICE NEW LAW!!!," he added.
President Trump has made suing people an integral part of his brand as he made his way up from New York real estate mogul to the US presidency twice, and this time he is taking aim at the common practice of books and news stories using unnamed sources.
Trump is also famously contemptuous of mainstream media in America, which he routinely labels the "fake news" media. On Tuesday the administration broke decades of tradition by announcing that the White House itself would pick which media get close access to the president in confined quarters like the Oval Office as part of what is known as a press pool.
