President Donald Trump went nuclear at The New York Times on Truth Social in a 2 am rampage, this time over a C-SPAN phone call and a sexual harassment scandal at his Bedminster golf club involving his former lawyer.
In a 1:25 a.m. post Wednesday, Trump disputed the Times’ account of his call to C-SPAN’s new primetime show.
“The New York Times incorrectly reported that ‘Mr. Trump called into the premier of a C-Span show, APPARENTLY WITHOUT NOTICE.’ This is WRONG,” Trump wrote. “It was a fully scheduled call, as a favor to C-Span, set up through White House Communications. It was done at C-Span’s request, not mine. The Times knew this, but lied, in order to demean - But this is the least of their lies!”
CNBC also described Monday’s eight-minute call to the debut of “Washington Journal Primetime” as unannounced, noting host Mimi Geerges told viewers, “It looks like we’ve got a call from the White House.” Therefore, Trump’s claims have not been independently confirmed.
Twenty-two minutes later, he turned his rage to the Bedminster scandal.
“The failing New York Times wrote about the ‘settling of a sexual harassment suit brought years ago by a waitress at President Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J.’ What they fail to say is that it did not involve President Trump, a rather important omission. FAKE NEWS!!!” he posted.
On Tuesday, New Jersey’s Office of Attorney Ethics filed a 23-page disciplinary complaint against Alina Habba, who is Trump’s former personal lawyer and was also the interim and acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from March 2025 until December 8, 2025.
In 2021, Alice Bianco, who was then 21 years of age at the club, accused her supervisor of sexual harassment. Habba helped secure a $15,000 settlement that came with an NDA; she was also a dues-paying club member. The watchdog accused her of “divided loyalties” and says the deal included terms that violated New Jersey law.
State regulators have quietly been investigating Habba since early 2024. Trump was not named as a defendant in the Bianco suit, and NYT did not accuse him of wrongdoing in the report.
Present Trump’s rant is another in a series of late-night outbursts that have led many to question his mental stability. It comes after he garnered controversy for questioning the integrity of the election results after previously accepting the GOP defeat.
