Trump Launches $15B Attack on The New York Times for Minimizing His Pre-Apprentice Glory

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times Tuesday, accusing the paper of “horrific underestimation” of his fame before The Apprentice.

The suit complains that Times reporters “maliciously implied” television producer Mark Burnett helped make Trump a star, when, according to Trump, he was already “the biggest star, basically ever.” The complaint seeks damages “for reputational shrinkage of a historic magnitude.”

Speaking to reporters, Trump said the newspaper “owes America an apology for pretending I wasn’t the most famous man alive before reality TV—which, by the way, I perfected.” He added that $15 billion “barely scratches the surface” of the harm done to his “brand of universal greatness.”

This is Trump’s latest in a string of headline-friendly lawsuits against news outlets, nearly all of which have ended in settlements without trial. On Truth Social, Trump declared victory in advance: “The New York Times is going DOWN for its lies about my Greatness BEFORE television. Everyone knew I was bigger than TV itself—even TV!”

The Times responded tersely: “We look forward to defending the concept of reality in court.”

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