A judge just tossed the defamation lawsuit that President Donald Trump recently brought against the New York Times. 

Fox News reports that U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday did so because the lawsuit was too long.

The judge actually referred to the lawsuit as "decidedly improper and impermissible."

Donald J. Trump Truth Social 09.15.25 11:45 PM EST

Today, I have the Great Honor of bringing a $15 Billion Dollar Defamation and Libel Lawsuit against The New York Times, one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the History of our Country, becoming a virtual…

— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) September 16, 2025

Background

In case you missed it, Trump last week announced the $15 billion suit against the Times.

He, in part, wrote:

Today, I have the Great Honor of bringing a $15 Billion Dollar Defamation and Libel Lawsuit against The New York Times, one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the History of our Country, becoming a virtual “mouthpiece” for the Radical Left Democrat Party. I view it as the single largest illegal Campaign contribution, EVER.

The president went on to highlight how mainstream media outlets have essentially become a propaganda arm for the Democrats.

He concluded:

They practiced this longterm INTENT and pattern of abuse, which is both unacceptable and illegal. The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW! The suit is being brought in the Great State of Florida. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

It was within days that the lawsuit was tossed.

It's over already?

Fox explains why it is that the judge tossed the lawsuit.

It reports:

U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday blasted the Trump suit for alleging only two acts of defamation, yet "Count I appears on page eighty, and Count II appears on page eighty-three." He also criticized the suit's flowery descriptions about Trump and overly political language, writing a complaint is not a "public forum for vituperation and invective" or a "megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally," saying its length violated rules of civil procedure that dictate complaints contain a "short and plain statement" of the claim seeking relief.

Trump will now get a chance to correct these "errors," and it is likely that the lawsuit will continue.

The big question, here, though is whether Trump has any chance of actually succeeding, and legal experts have their doubts.

Renowned defense attorney Alan Dershowitz recently explained:

In the United States, he would have to prove not only that there were factual misstatements, not opinion, but factual misstatements, but that they were made with malice, that is, they were made with reckless disregard for the truth. So it’s going to be a very, very uphill fight in the United States, unless the Supreme Court begins to change its rules.