'SleazeBags': Trump rages over report of 'dishonesty' that was proven in court

In his latest attack on the press, Donald Trump called out another reporter by name for writing unflattering investigative pieces on the president and his business ventures.

Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday, "Not that it really matters, but a terribly untalented writer for badly failing Forbes Magazine, Dan Alexander, who probably can’t get a meaningful job in the business, has written so inaccurately about me that it is ridiculous."

Alexander's latest article focused on the Trump Organization's "dishonesty" over the size of its properties — an issue that was central to New York Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud lawsuit against Trump in 2024 that resulted in a $355 million judgment against him, effectively barring him from doing business in the state.

"Donald Trump spent so many years lying about the square footage of his properties that his own company did not even seem sure of their true size," the article began.

Another recent article dealt with Trump's "crypto venture," with Alexander writing, "While the MAGA faithful continues throwing money at Trump’s crypto projects, the first family appears to be walking off with some of its profits."

And still another focused on Trump's youngest son, Barron, with the title, "How Barron Trump May Have Earned $40 Million From His Dad's Crypto Venture."

The president's post continued, "Many others also, the media is mostly Fake News, but Forbes doesn’t even try to get things right. I haven’t spoken to these SleazeBags in years, they don’t want the facts, and they’re so inaccurate (purposely!) about everything. I would have thought Forbes would be DEAD by now, but it continues to hang around like a bad disease. Isn’t it owned by a hostile nation? Anyway, that’s what happens when you have bad reporters with evil intentions. Eventually the publication dies. I’ve happily seen it over, and over, again!"

Last week, Trump demanded that CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand be thrown out "like a dog" for "lying" on the Iran "Nuclear Sites Story, attempting to destroy our Patriot Pilots by making them look bad when, in fact, they did a GREAT job and hit 'pay dirt' — TOTAL OBLITERATION!"