Trump Calls NYT’s Maggie Haberman ‘Maggot,’ Threatens To Sue | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump continued his collection of assaults on feminine journalists Friday by developing with a degrading nickname for New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.

In a Friday put up on his Truth Social platform, the president slammed Haberman ― whom he deemed “Maggot Hagerman” ― and threatened to take authorized motion towards her as a part of his ongoing defamation lawsuit towards The New York Times.

“Maggot Hagerman, just another SLEAZEBAG writer for The Failing New York Times, insists on writing false stories about me, even though she fully knows and understands that the exact opposite of anything she says is usually the truth,” Trump wrote atop a photograph of Haberman.

“In any event, I’m thinking of adding Maggot, and some of her ‘associates,’ into my Florida based Lawsuit against The Times which, very happily, seems to be proceeding nicely,” he continued. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Haberman, a White House correspondent for the Times and a 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner, has beforehand been on the receiving finish of social media insults and threats from Trump. In addition to her work on the newspaper, she’s additionally the creator of the 2022 e-book “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America,” which incorporates a number of interviews with the president.

It’s unclear why Haberman caught Trump’s consideration this time, as her final article earlier than the president’s put up was revealed March 5 and centered on the firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

However, the journalist appeared Thursday on CNN, the place she and anchor Kaitlan Collins ― one other of Trump’s frequent targets ― mentioned the surge in U.S. gasoline and oil costs because the begin of the Iran conflict final month.

“This is not something that most of the people in his orbit right now are having an easy time messaging or solving, and you can see that every day,” Haberman stated.

After noting that many in Trump’s base would agree that “Iran is a threat to U.S. interests,” she added: “That’s different than whether voters are going to tolerate $4 gas over many weeks, especially when there’s ample video of the president criticizing President Biden for gas prices.”

In latest months, Trump has ramped up his assaults on feminine journalists, notably those that have questioned him about his relationship with the late intercourse trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

In February, he slammed Collins because the “worst reporter” and scolded her for “not smiling” on the job. And in November of final 12 months, he tried to silence Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey as she was urgent him about Epstein by calling her “piggy.”