Overview
- In a March 14 Truth Social post, President Donald Trump used derogatory language to attack New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman.
- Trump said he is considering adding Haberman and unspecified “associates” to his Florida-based lawsuit against the Times, which he refiled in October 2025 for $15 billion after an initial version was struck for length.
- A Times spokesperson has characterized the lawsuit as an attempt to stifle independent reporting and reiterated that the filing lacks merit.
- Outlets report no clear trigger for the post, though Haberman recently contributed to Times coverage on the president’s goals in the Iran war and wrote a March 5 piece on Kristi Noem.
- The episode extends Trump’s pattern of public insults toward female journalists, with recent targets including CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and Washington Post reporter Natalie Allison.