A federal judge in Florida threw out President Trump's lawsuit against The New York Times on Friday, saying the complaint his attorneys filed earlier this week against the newspaper is too long and needs to be truncated to be considered.

"A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally or the functional equivalent of the Hyde Park Speakers’ Corner," Judge Steven Merryday, an appointee of former President George H. W. Bush, wrote in the order, saying his court was not a venue for Trump to "rage against an adversary."

The judge gave Trump's attorneys 28 days to file an amended complaint.

The president sued the Times and several of its reporters for defamation Monday, alleging the news outlet and its journalists acted with reckl

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