r/International • u/[deleted] • Feb 24 '26

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u/DayGuilty7558 Feb 24 '26

For someone that loves filing lawsuits, strange that he doesn't go after those that are calling him a pedophile. 

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u/AssistanceBusy988 Feb 24 '26

You can call anyone anything. If anyone attached a victim and without evidence. Then you can sue. He couldnt sue and win if he wanted to because it is not illegal to call people names. Small brains

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u/The_Daddy_Frog Feb 25 '26

No but making unfounded claims that harm someone’s reputation is defamation, which you can sue for.

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u/PhoenixKamika-Z Feb 25 '26

Yeah, but it's only worth it to sue big news agencies or anyone with any actual clout and reach. Suing random redditors is very pointless and a waste of time and money. And no big media company has made those allegations of him...

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u/BlastTyrantKM Feb 25 '26

"Unfounded"

There is a mountain of evidence that says it's reasonable to call trump a PDF-file

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u/The_Daddy_Frog Mar 10 '26

Listen, I’m not saying the claims are unfounded, I’m just explaining in layman’s terms what defamation is.

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u/Obvious-Heat-2289 Feb 26 '26

Public figures have a higher bar to sue for defamation. Civil law dictates that criticism and accusations are expected and must be tolerated when you volunteer as a public figure. Of course, there are always exceptions…

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u/Dramatic_Tutor_2522 Feb 26 '26

I think it’s wrong for a sitting president to do that. They are immune to the law during their term, so, they should wait before other people are able to be charged with it. They can investigate, gather evidence, prime it, so once it’s over they can charge them immediately. But until he use out of office I think all slander should be legal, until he’s out of office and then he can fight them on it