Trump’s $15 Billion Suit Has a Serious Intent: Timothy O’Brien

President Donald Trump — as is his wont when irritated or aggrieved — has deposited a $15 billion defamation lawsuit on the doorsteps of the New York Times, four of its reporters and the publisher of a book two of them wrote about him.

The suit contends that the defendants are essentially proxies for a “legacy media” that has morphed into a “mouthpiece of the Democratic Party,” dedicated to sabotaging his political prospects and with “zero regard for ‘norms’ or ‘institutions.’”

Its 85 pages contain ample hagiography about Trump. And, like a marketing brochure, the suit features helpful photographs of his TV ratings, the ...