Trump threatens to file more lawsuits against the media as ABC will pay $15 million to settle the case

Donald Trump said yesterday in a… Press conference at Mar-a-Lago It will take a few questions.

By the time he finished speaking, it had gone on for an hour.

Trump has made the news on dozens of topics, a reminder of the freewheeling approach in which the next president is seen, even among journalists who can’t stand him, as a news-making machine that makes headlines around the clock, setting the terms of debate — in sharp contrast to The isolated Joe Biden.

Trump also ignored some questions he should never have answered, such as strategy on Ukraine and whether he would retaliate against Iran.

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But I was a bit surprised that he launched an attack on the press, because this contradicts his recent statements about communicating even with hostile media, as long as they treat him fairly.

This happened two times days after ABC George Stephanopoulos apologized to Trump to settle the defamation case, and agreed to donate $15 million to a presidential library or foundation, plus another $1 million to cover his legal fees. This avoided what would have been an embarrassing and stressful deposition by the star anchor.

The problem for the network is that Stephanopoulos repeatedly said Trump had been found liable for “rape,” and repeated the word about 10 times, in the civil suit brought by E. Jean Carroll, when the jury held him liable for “sexual assault.”

While the judge said this is usually understood as rape, in New York that is a different matter legally. You don’t agree to $15 million unless you think you don’t have much of a case.

While left-leaning critics accuse ABC of… “Surrender” to Trumpthe network issued a different ruling.

Trump called the media “very corrupt” and pointed to more lawsuits he has filed or intends to file.

The president-elect said he plans to sue the Des Moines Register for running a pre-election poll that turned out to be wrong. He praised pollster Anne Selzer for always being right until the Iowa caucuses, when she said he would lose by four points and won the state by 13 points.

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Trump said he would take legal action against 60 Minutes because it gave a different, tougher answer to a different question than what was asked, a practice that most journalists, myself included, said was a huge mistake on the CBS show’s part.

“We have to correct the press,” he said. “The press is very corrupt. Almost as corrupt as our elections.”

He added: “I’m doing this not because I want to. I’m doing this because I feel like I have an obligation to do so.” “In my opinion it was fraud and it was election interference.”

Trump also said he would file suit against Bob Woodward for releasing audio tapes from a book project. Woodward said he never agreed not to do so.

Trump intends to continue his actions against the Pulitzer Prize Board of Directors for awarding the Washington Post and the New York Times prizes for what he calls the Russia hoax. Although the matter was certainly exaggerated, the board says Trump was unable to point out any errors in the articles submitted.

And then there was Trump’s commentary on almost everything else.

He said he would consider pardoning the defendants in New York Mayor Eric Adams Because he was treated “extremely unfairly.”

He said he couldn’t understand how people could sympathize with the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson: “It was cold-blooded. Just horrific, cold-blooded murder, and how people could love this man — this is a disease in reality.”

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He praised Lara Trump but said the decision on whether to nominate her for a vacant Senate seat in Florida was up to DeSantis. However, the Wall Street Journal reported that he had pressured the governor to choose her.

He defended Defense Department nominee Pete Hegseth, saying all he wants to do is improve the military. He also provided visual support by bringing Hegseth to the Army-Navy Game, along with JD Vance, Elon Musk (of course), Ron DeSantis, Tulsi Gabbard, and speaker Mike Johnson.

Trump said he would keep the polio vaccine, but would have discussions with RFK Jr. about other vaccines, including his completely debunked theory that vaccines cause autism. Trump said that there is a rise in autism among boys. “I think it will be much less extreme than you think,” he told reporters.

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Trump demanded that Biden officials explain what is happening with the mysterious drones, as they clearly know it.

That’s a lot of news. We may have forgotten how Donald Trump likes to talk loudly about everything under the sun. We are about to take a four-year refresher course.