President Trump on Thursday lit up the New York Times, slamming the outlet for using bogus numbers from a "totally fake" pollster while speaking to reporters, then later warning that his defamation lawsuit is growing stronger by the day.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, a fake pollster called Wedgewood, which admitted to being an "entirely fabricated polling firm," duped mainstream media outlets with bogus polls across multiple swing states as part of a social experiment. It was "far too easy," Wedgewood said.
"Despite having no history, formal credentials, or real data behind the vast majority of our releases, Wedgewood Polling was added to major polling aggregators, including The New York Times, FiftyPlusOne, and VoteHub, and repeatedly treated as a legitimate data source," the fake polling outfit, self-described as an "experimental project," said in a statement.
"Our fabricated numbers were given instant credibility across national media platforms – including being cited on air and in reporting by outlets such as MS NOW. The ease with which unverified figures were absorbed into mainstream political narratives highlights a systemic breakdown in media vetting and data aggregation."
The Times admitted to removing 15 polls from the firm after it "acknowledged that almost all of its work was fake."
President Trump responded on Thursday when a reporter asked him why Democrats are doing "so well" in the polls.
"I don't know if they're close. I mean, I just saw that the New York Times used the poll numbers of a totally fake, you know, a group that said there were fake numbers against me," Trump said.
He then walked over to the other TV cameras to emphasize the findings.
"So I don't know if you saw that. The New York Times used fake poll numbers against me, and it was just revealed. The polling company just said that the numbers were fake, and I haven't had an apology from the New York Times," he said.
"But if you saw that polling company, it was a fake poll, and the New York Times uses that polling company. So, to the best of my knowledge, they have not apologized to me."
Asked if he thinks Republicans will keep the House and Senate majorities, Trump said.
"When I run, we get almost 50 percent more voters, so if I can get my voters out, we're going to win. If we can't get the voters out, I guess not."
"When I run, 50 percent more people come out. I guess that's a compliment. I'd like to see if I could get a lot of them out now. If we do that, we'll win easily in a landslide," he added.
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Trump later responded in a statement on Truth Social, describing the entire outlet as "ARTIFICIAL" and saying his ongoing $15 billion defamation lawsuit "is getting stronger and stronger everyday."
The New York Times got caught! They used a Company, Wedgewood Polls, that ADMITTED that the Poll Numbers they published were made up and FAKE. This is what I've had to deal with, right from the beginning! Our powerful Lawsuit against them is getting stronger and stronger everyday. Everything about The Failing New York Times is "ARTIFICIAL." Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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