The president slammed Maggie Haberman with 'The New York Times' in his latest attack on a female journalist
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- Donald Trump slammed New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman and threatened legal action against her, in addition to her publication, through a Truth Social post on March 14
- It is unclear what prompted the president’s post about Haberman, who previously penned a 2022 biography about Trump
- Trump’s social media post marked the latest in his streak of publicly insulting female journalists, including CNN’s Kaitlan Collins
Donald Trump has insulted a journalist who works for The New York Times, the latest in his long string of public attacks on female reporters.
On Saturday, March 14, the president targeted Maggie Haberman — a White House correspondent for the Times, and a Trump biographer — with a Truth Social post, calling her names and threatening legal action.
“Maggot Hagerman, just another SLEAZEBAG writer for The Failing New York Times, insists on writing false stories about me, even though she fully knows and understands that the exact opposite of anything she says is usually the truth,” Trump, 79, wrote, sharing a photo of the White House correspondent.
“In any event, I’m thinking of adding Maggot, and some of her ‘associates,’ into my Florida based Lawsuit against The Times which, very happily, seems to be proceeding nicely,” he continued. “Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT.”
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It is unclear what prompted Trump’s attack against Haberman, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on his advisers and their ties to Russia, and authored the 2022 biography Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.
Haberman's latest story covering Trump was published over a week earlier, on March 5. It centered around the firing of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The journalist later appeared on CNN on March 12 to discuss the Trump administration’s handling of the Iran war.
Haberman spoke with Kaitlan Collins, another White House correspondent who has been a target of Trump’s attacks.
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Haberman did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Sunday, March 15.
Trump’s attack against the Times reporter came over a month after he made headlines for slamming another female journalist.
While speaking with reporters on Air Force One on Feb. 6, the president cut off Natalie Allison, a White House reporter for The Washington Post, as she inquired about his administration’s deportation efforts, then insulting her “attitude,” as well as the readership of her employer.
After the reporter identified herself, Trump said, “Well, you're having a hard time getting readers. Washington Post is doing very poorly. Go ahead. You have a very bad attitude. Go ahead.”
The “attitude” remark toward Allison came just after Trump made headlines for commenting on the behavior of another female journalist — Collins, 33, whom he previously called “stupid, and nasty" in December 2025.
In his latest exchange with the CNN White House Correspondent in the Oval Office on Feb. 3, Trump criticized her for "not smiling enough.”
After Collins asked the president a question about Jeffrey Epstein as he spoke to another reporter, he turned his attention to her to say, “You are the worst reporter. No wonder CNN … CNN has no ratings because of people like you.”
“You know, she’s a young woman. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile,” he then said of Collins. “I’ve known you for 10 years, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a smile on your face.”
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After Collins tried to redirect the conversation back to her inquiry, Trump continued, “You know why you’re not smiling? Because you know you’re not telling the truth. You’re a very dishonest organization, and they should be ashamed of you.”
Hagerman, Allison and Collins are not the only female reporters Trump has insulted recently.
In November 2025, he called CBS News' Nancy Cordes “a stupid person," and that same month, Trump also called The Times' Katie Rogers "ugly, both inside and out."
He also once told Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey to be "quiet, piggy."
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