Donald J.Trump calls New York Times Iran coverage “treasonous,” threatens to expand $15 billion lawsuit

vowed to add the newspaper's Iran war reporting to his existing defamation case, calling the coverage fake and criminal.

FLORIDA — Donald J.Trump labeled The New York Times’ coverage of the Iran conflict “treasonous” and threatened to fold it into his ongoing lawsuit against the newspaper on a Truth Social post on June 22, 2026, at 9:30 AM CDT.