US President Donald Trump has maintained his threat to sue the BBC over an episode of the Panorama documentary that portrayed him inaccurately. Despite receiving an apology from the British broadcaster for its misleading edit of one of his speeches, Trump is still planning to take legal action.
In a recent interview with reporters onboard Air Force One, Trump warned the BBC that he would sue them for anywhere between $1 billion and $5 billion, likely next week. The BBC had previously apologized and agreed not to air the episode again but maintained that there was no basis for Trump's lawsuit, as the documentary was only shown in the UK and did not cause any harm to him.
The controversy arose when a leaked internal memo highlighted the error in which Trump appeared to say he would "walk down to the Capitol" and "fight like hell," when in fact his actual words were more neutral. The edit was seen as a misleading representation of Trump's comments, but it only constituted 12 seconds of a longer speech.
Trump claimed that the BBC had edited his statement "into a not beautiful statement" and accused the broadcaster of being corrupt. However, experts argue that the edit was an honest mistake rather than a deliberate attempt to mislead.
The incident has sparked renewed debate about bias at the BBC and led to accusations against two senior executives who resigned in response to the fallout. Meanwhile, Trump plans to call British Prime Minister Keir Starmer this weekend to discuss the issue, despite maintaining a relatively good relationship with the PM.
In a recent interview with reporters onboard Air Force One, Trump warned the BBC that he would sue them for anywhere between $1 billion and $5 billion, likely next week. The BBC had previously apologized and agreed not to air the episode again but maintained that there was no basis for Trump's lawsuit, as the documentary was only shown in the UK and did not cause any harm to him.
The controversy arose when a leaked internal memo highlighted the error in which Trump appeared to say he would "walk down to the Capitol" and "fight like hell," when in fact his actual words were more neutral. The edit was seen as a misleading representation of Trump's comments, but it only constituted 12 seconds of a longer speech.
Trump claimed that the BBC had edited his statement "into a not beautiful statement" and accused the broadcaster of being corrupt. However, experts argue that the edit was an honest mistake rather than a deliberate attempt to mislead.
The incident has sparked renewed debate about bias at the BBC and led to accusations against two senior executives who resigned in response to the fallout. Meanwhile, Trump plans to call British Prime Minister Keir Starmer this weekend to discuss the issue, despite maintaining a relatively good relationship with the PM.
bbc made a mistake, edited it out already, what's the big deal? seems like trump's just trying to stir up drama again 
$1billion + $5billion lawsuit is just ridiculous, who has that kinda cash? and 12 seconds of a speech doesn't even matter anymore. seems like trump's ego is getting in the way here 
. Like, what was he actually saying? It's all pretty vague.
. But it does make me wonder if Trump is just trying to stir up controversy for attention 
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and btw i don't think the bbc did anything wrong they just made an edit and apologized, move on. and another thing what's next if he starts suing everyone who disagrees with him, like news outlets and social media platforms? it's getting out of hand 
. A 12-second clip and suddenly $1-5 billion? Please, get over it, Donny! 
and now he's gonna call keir starmer to complain? isn't that a bit much? maybe he should just drop it already... the bbc did apologize and said they wouldn't air the episode again so what's left to do? 
And all this drama over a minor edit mistake... like, big whoop.