Trump’s assumption was that those who write “purposely negative and horrible and false” things about others are “totally protected” from liability. In other words, under American law, Trump didn’t need to “open up our libel laws” in order to sue someone for making a “purposely negative and horrible and false” statement about him. Bad (or sick) guy!,” Trump unambiguously accused President Obama of criminal conduct. It would be truly fascinating if Obama were now to sue Trump for defamation. If Obama did sue Trump, he could almost certainly “win lots of money” from him.

Source: Huffington Post March 08, 2017 13:52 UTC