Trump Intends To Sue The BBC
- 15.11.2025, 9:22
Despite the company's apology.
US President Donald Trump will sue the BBC even though the corporation apologized for editing his speech.
This is reported by BBC.
In the course of communication with the press, journalists again raised the issue of the BBC scandal (we are talking about Trump's edited speech, which gave the impression that he calls for the capture of the US Congress in 2021).
In particular, Trump praised The Telegraph spokesperson for exposing the situation with the BBC documentary, adding that the newspaper's journalists had done a great service.
"You have done a great service to a lot of countries, a lot of good people.... by exposing what fake news is. What the BBC has done - nobody would have even thought it was possible. They literally changed the words coming out of my mouth," the US president said.
After journalists talking to Trump noted that the BBC recently apologized for the mistake, but refused to compensate him. For that reason, the White House chief was asked if the apology was enough, to which Trump said he intended to sue anyway.
"We're going to sue them for between $1 billion and $5 billion, probably next week ... I think I'm going to have to (take legal action - ed.). If you don't do that, it won't stop it happening again to other people," the US leader said.
On November 9, BBC director general Tim Davie and news director general Deborah Turness resigned over US President Donald Trump's speech tampering scandal.
According to a BBC memo seen by The Telegraph, the Panorama documentary contained an edited speech by Trump that misled viewers. The company edited two parts of the president's speech, making it appear that he was calling for a takeover of the US Congress in 2021.
So on November 9, Tim Davie resigned, admitting that the broadcaster had made mistakes.
On November 10, Trump threatened the British broadcaster BBC with a $1 billion lawsuit. He accused the media outlet of trying to interfere in last year's election.
On Thursday, November 13, the BBC also admitted that the editing of the speech had inadvertently created an "erroneous impression," adding that it would no longer be broadcast. The corporation also apologized to the president but said it would not pay financial compensation.