Trump threatens journalist over health questions

President Donald Trump lashed out at New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman on his social media platform Truth Social, vowing she would "pay a price" for her reporting.

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She has made a living on her bad reporting and will pay a price when our multi-trillion dollar lawsuit against the failed New York Times reaches court.

Trump specifically targeted Haberman, stating she has "made a living on her bad reporting" and will face consequences when his "multi-trillion dollar lawsuit against the failed New York Times reaches court." The president's ire was reportedly sparked by Haberman's questioning of his physical and cognitive health on the TV program MS Now. She had commented that his health is like a "black box" for the government, with decreasing information released.

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His health is like a black box for the government. They release less and less information.

This outburst follows recent public gaffes by Trump, including misidentifying Iran as "The Islamic State of Japan" and calling Ukrainian President Zelenskyy by Vladimir Putin's name during a NATO meeting. Trump, 80, countered these concerns by asserting he recently underwent a "perfect physical" and requested a cognitive test for the third time, receiving top scores.

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And I requested another cognitive test, the only president to have done so three times, and I got top results on all of them.

Trump also advised his followers to "not buy" a book titled "Regime Change" co-authored by Haberman and Jonathan Swan, calling it "trash." This personal attack comes shortly after the White House sued several New York Times reporters over their coverage of security issues concerning the president's new aircraft, a gift from Qatar.

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Don't buy their book, it's trash.