Trump Angry! BBC Threatened To Be Sued Up To IDR 83 Trillion

- President of the United States Donald Trump (@whitehouse)

JAKARTA - United States (US) President Donald Trump stated he is likely to sue British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to US$ 5 billion or around Rp. 83 trillion. This step was taken after the British media admitted that they had incorrectly edited a video of his speech on the Panorama program.

"We will sue the BBC between US$1 billion and US$5 billion, maybe next week. I think I should. They have even admitted they were cheating," Trump told reporters on Friday evening, quoted by Al Jazeera, Sunday, November 16.

Trump's lawyers had previously sent a letter to the BBC on Monday, November 10, and accused the broadcaster of defaming the US president through a video of a speech before the Capitol Building riots in 2021.

The BBC was given until Friday 14 November local time to apologize and pay compensation for what it described as a huge reputational and financial loss. However, the BBC rejected Trump's request for compensation.

This problem stems from the BBC's edits on Trump's statement on January 6, 2021, when supporters stormed the US Capitol Building. As a result of this problem, two senior BBC leaders resigned and political scrutiny of the media has also increased.

"The British people are very angry with what happened, as you can imagine, because it shows the BBC broadcasting fake news," Trump added.

Trump added that he plans to discuss the BBC issue with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who continues to support the independence of the broadcaster.

"I'll call him this weekend. He actually called me and he was very embarrassed," Trump said.