Trump's War on the Media: Inside the '$1BN BBC Threat' and His History of Lawsuits

US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for £760 million ($1 billion) over an allegedly misleading edit of his January 6 speech — the latest in a string of lawsuits targeting major media networks. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0)

Donald Trump's latest battle isn't being fought at a rally — it's in the courtroom. The US president has threatened to sue the BBC for £760 million ($1 billion), accusing it of defamation over an edited clip from his infamous 6 January 2021 speech.

But for those who have followed Trump's long feud with the press, this isn't a one-off outburst. It's part of a pattern and a lucrative one.