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Omaha Steve

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Wed Dec 10, 2025, 06:13 PM Dec 10

New York Times, after Trump post, says it won't be deterred from writing about his health [View all]

Source: AP

By DAVID BAUDER
Updated 1:30 PM CST, December 10, 2025

The New York Times, attacked by President Donald Trump for reporting about his physical condition, said on Wednesday that it wouldn’t be deterred by “false and inflammatory language” that distorts the role of a free press.

The president had posted on his Truth Social platform that he believed it was “seditious, perhaps even treasonous” for the Times and other media outlets to do “FAKE” reports on his health.

“They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it,” Trump wrote.

The 79-year-old president wouldn’t specify, but the newspaper has posted a handful of reports about his health in recent weeks. In a Nov. 25 story headlined “Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office,” reporters examined Trump’s public and travel schedules to conclude Americans were seeing less of him than they were used to.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-health-press-new-york-times-5ce0a4571528453f3b3cea79f4320f69

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