President Donald Trump lashed out at New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman on social media Friday, branding her a “stalker” and demanding that she hand over money she has earned from covering him.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote: “Maggot Hagerman, the Fake Reporter from The Failing New York Times, an unattractive person both inside and out.” He went on to call the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist “a SCAMMER!” (Truth Social post)

Haberman has covered Trump since her days reporting on New York real estate and City Hall, first at the New York Post and later at Politico and The New York Times, and she was part of the Times team awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election. She is also the author of “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America,” a 2022 biography drawing on years of reporting on the president and his orbit.

Trump’s fury appeared to stem from a report concerning his plans for the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He accused Haberman of falsely reporting that he would attend a Pentagon ceremony rather than the World Trade Center site because he would not be permitted to speak at Ground Zero.

“This is more Corrupt News,” Trump wrote Friday. “I’ve been to New York many times over the years, and no one ever speaks, it’s a 'solemn ceremony!' I never even thought of what Maggot made up, and besides, I would love not to speak, because I’m speaking all the time, and this is a day to remember the victims, and their beautiful family members.”

In the lengthy post, the president threatened legal action against the New York Times and continued his attacks on Haberman over her reporting related to other investigations. The threat is part of a broader pattern of legal and rhetorical pressure Trump has directed at news organizations; he has previously filed or threatened suits against outlets including CNN, ABC News and the Des Moines Register, and has repeatedly called the press “the enemy of the people.”

“Maggot Hagerman is a PHONY, and The New York Times knows it!” he told his followers. “It will all be revealed in the lawsuit against them, and another lawsuit against the organization which gives out the now discredited Pulitzer Prize, because Maggie got one for her ‘reporting’ on THE RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA HOAX, which turned out to be a total CON JOB!”

Trump closed the post by accusing Haberman of covering him for financial gain.

“If she were ever forced to reveal her ‘sources,’ you will find out they either don’t exist, or didn’t say what she reported,” he wrote. “She’s been falsely writing about me for years — She’s a stalker, and should be forced to turn over any and all money that she’s made through her fake reporting on me.”

Source: Raw Story