Trump Brands New York Times 'a Serious Threat to the National Security of Our Nation' in Late-Night Rant

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 23rd, 2025, 7:02 am


President Donald Trump called the New York Times “a serious threat to the national security of our nation” during a late-night Truth Social post on Monday.

“The Failing New York Times, and their lies and purposeful misrepresentations, is a serious threat to the National Security of our Nation,” Trump wrote. “Their Radical Left, Unhinged Behavior, writing FAKE Articles and Opinions in a never ending way, must be dealt with and stopped. THEY ARE A TRUE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE! Thank you for you [sic] attention to this matter. PRESIDENT DJT.”

The president made the post just days after the New York Times published an explosive article on Trump’s former relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In the article titled, “‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women,” the newspaper interviewed more than 30 former employees of Epstein, victims of the sex offender’s abuse, and “others who crossed paths with Mr. Epstein and President Trump.” “Beginning in the late 1980s, the two men forged a bond intense enough to leave others who knew them with the impression that they were each other’s closest friend,” the Times reported, adding that Epstein was perhaps Trump’s “most reliable wingman.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-brands-new-york-times-a-serious-threat-to-the-national-security-of-our-nation/

[BootinUp]

1. Now everyone wants to read the NYT story. Nt

[OLDMDDEM]

2. It's all projection. He is the threat to national security.

[wiggs]

3. Impeachable. nt

[wiggs]

4. Didn't Pres Obama make an slight offhand remark about Fox bias and the RW lost their minds? nt

[Sailingdiver]

17. PBO made this observation

Faux's “point of view” was “ultimately destructive” to the U.S.

I can't disagree.

[31st Street Bridge]

18. Fox is a 24/7 lie machine

It is meant to destroy democracy everywhere its stench reaches. It should be shut down.

[Galraedia]

22. Fox's sole creation spun from the aftermath of the Nixon administration to act as propaganda for the republican party.

Roger Ailes, a onetime Nixon operative, created Fox News with the stated goal of acting as an alternative to fact based reporting aka the liberal media.

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. The entire media lost their shit over it

They were relentless in their grilling. But if the Republicans say far worse it's crickets.

[Grins]

5. "Trump called the New York Times "a serious threat to the national security of our nation"

So, just like every Republican since Nixon.

[Wednesdays]

6. Did even Dubya or Cheney say about a news outlet,

"They must be dealt with and stopped" ?

I don't recall anything like that.

[sakabatou]

7. "I'm against the Free Press," exclaims Trump

[Hugin]

8. In my view...

Eventually this familiarity bred contempt between the narcissists. Epstein, being the smartest of the two, realized that Trump was the weakest link and his loose cannon behavior jeopardized the entire syndicate. He began to distance himself from Trump taking the influence and more importantly the money with him. Trump reacted in typical Trump style eventually “obliterating” Epstein and leaving the syndicate in tatters. The evidence in the files records that collapse.

Also, Comey is aware of all of this and that accounts for Trump’s ceaseless effort to intimidate and silence him.

[IA8IT]

9. Devolving into Putin clone complete

[ificandream]

10. If Trump's complaining about the New York Times, they must be doing a good job. :)

[sinkingfeeling]

11. It might be easier if they just listed things that aren't a national security. And, why did everything become a threat

to the country after he was sworn in and they weren't before?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. The man doth projects too much!

[MIButterfly]

14. Is this his latest thing? Everything is a threat to national security?

Just something else he pulled out of his massive ass.

HE'S a threat to national security.

[Galraedia]

20. Any criticism of Trump is considered a "national security threat" in this clown administration.

[appleannie1]

15. They must be printing the truth on a daily basis and their needles are finding a home.

[orangecrush]

16. Sick fuck

[Galraedia]

19. Trump has been calling it "The Failing New York Times" for almost a decade now.

For a company that is supposedly "failing" it is sure taking them a long time. Certainly longer than any of Trump's failed business ventures.

[SWBTATTReg]

21. Now more than likely, the sick idiot in the WH is going to cause a distraction, probably in Venezuela, to distract

all from his sexual predator problems from coming out in full force. If anything, people need to come out in full force and push the issue on djt in full force and expose him for what he is. Why is he so afraid of this issue from seeing the light of day? Obviously, his name is all over them.

[Justice matters.]

24. pedo the felon is afraid cause he knows the awful crimes he did to "younger side" women

grabbing them by their privates...

Very afraid, he is.

[Evolve Dammit]

25. Why are NY Grand Jury transcripts totally black? Every page. That ain't protecting victims. That's obstruction.

[CincyDem]

26. Maybe I'm taking this too seriously but...

...I suspect there is a law somewhere that gives the president authority to do something to address a "serious threat to the national security of our nation".

This is a pattern. He asserts a conclusion absent any support data (or reality) and then uses that as an unreviewable conclusion that enables him to drive a truck through legal loopholes that are intended to be used only in true exigent circumstance.

So...now that the Times is branded as a serious threat, what comes next for them ? CECOT for the editors and writers ?

[Nigrum Cattus]

27. the NY times has been in biz for 130 years

and has never been a natl sec threat before. The current
regime must be doing something wrong to label them as
such. Repugs are in change and consequently steering
the ship.

[msongs]

28. republicans are ok with trump's behavior. it's shared family values nt

[Cha]

29. More Projection, Demented PEDO.