\u201cThe way the Corrupt and Failing New York Times is covering stories on a very battered and beat up Iran<\/a>, through FAKE & MADE UP \u2018FACTS\u2019 is, in my opinion, \u2018TREASONOUS,\u2019\u201d the president threatened on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n \u201cI will be adding all of their false and ridiculous reporting to my multi Billion Dollar lawsuit against them. They are Criminals!\u201d<\/p>\n Shortly before that post, he had vented his fury on the same subject in another missive that read: \u201cThe headline in the Corrupt and Failing New York Times: \u2018What Changed After Almost 4 Months of War? Analysts Say Not Much.\u2019 REALLY? <\/p>\n \u201cTheir Military is DONE, their Navy is GONE, their Air Force is GONE, their Launching Pads, Missiles, Drones and Manufacturing of same, is almost GONE, their top two sets of Leaders are GONE, their Inflation is at 250%, their Economy is BROKEN, their Soldiers aren\u2019t being paid, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN, THE OIL IS GUSHING, and the U.S. Stock Market and Jobs are at record HIGHS.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s CHANGED, you corrupt and unethical cowards, and MORE!!!\u201d<\/p>\n He also posted a response to his first post from South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham<\/a>, a long-time Iran hawk, who said Trump\u2019s comments were \u201cspot on\u201d and claimed the offending Times article<\/a> amounted to \u201can insult to our men and women in uniform\u201d and only provided further evidence of the newspaper\u2019s alleged bias against the president. <\/p>\n The piece in question by journalist Neil MacFarquhar notes that the memorandum of understanding<\/a> signed last week by the Trump administration and the regime in Tehran agreeing to an end to hostilities already appears to be in jeopardy, given that Iran is again threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> in response to Israel\u2019s actions in Lebanon.<\/p>\n MacFarquhar also argues that Tehran\u2019s resilient response to coming under siege from Operation Epic Fury on February 28 has only strengthened its hand as a regional power player.<\/p>\n Its retaliatory airstrikes against U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf and its stranglehold over the strait, through which one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil passes, have proven effective means of exerting pressure on the aggressor, with spiking fuel prices stoking political pressure on Trump at home, where the cost of living is a major concern for voters.<\/p>\n MacFarquhar is by no means the only analyst to question the purpose of the conflict and a CBS News poll published Sunday found that almost three-quarters of Americans believe the war has not been worth its cost<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Trump](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-19T201212Z_389290989_RC28XLAXQA9G_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP.JPG\")
Trump has called the newspaper\u2019s reporting on the Iran conflict \u2018false and ridiculous\u2019 and its staff \u2018criminals\u2019 (Reuters)<\/p>\n
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Control of the Strait of Hormuz remains a major sticking point in U.S.-Iran relations (Reuters)<\/p>\n