As Donald Trump flew to his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida for the weekend, he made it clear to reporters travelling with him that the BBC’s letter of apology for Panorama’s clumsy editing of his January 6th 2021 speech had not worked .

Not only had the note from BBC Chair Samir Shah failed to mollify the US leader, it appears only to have hardened his resolve to pursue legal action against the corporation.

The price Trump is now demanding to settle his claim that the BBC in some fashion defamed him, may rise as high as $5 billion, up from the $1 billion he previously threatened.

“We’ll sue them for anywhere between a billion and five billion”, the president said, adding that legal paperwork will be filed “probably sometime next week”. But Trump indicated he plans to discuss the crisi

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