On Friday, President Donald Trump attacked New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman in an unhinged rant, threatening to sue “Maggot Hagerman.”

“Maggot Hagerman, just another SLEAZEBAG writer for The Failing New York Times, insists on writing false stories about me, even though she fully knows and understands that the exact opposite of anything she says is usually the truth,” read the post on Truth Social, which was accompanied by a particularly unflattering picture of Haberman.

“In any event, I’m thinking of adding Maggot, and some of her ‘associates,’ into my Florida based Lawsuit against The Times which, very happily, seems to be proceeding nicely. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT,” Trump signed the post.

While Haberman hasn’t published a story since March 5, when she and fellow NYT colleagues wrote a piece on former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and her replacement, ...