US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he will sue the BBC for up to $5 billion. This comes even as the British broadcaster apologised to Trump earlier this month but refused to pay for damages linked with a misleading speech edit.

“We'll sue them for anywhere between a billion and five billion dollars, probably some time next week. I think I have to do it. They've even admitted that they cheated,” Trump told reporters abroad his Air Force One.

Trump's threat to sue BBC for $5 billion is way above his initial ask of $1 billion — an already huge amount that represents the company's 13% annual revenue. BBC in a recent report said last year, its annual income from the British public's licence fee was 3.8 billion pounds, which roughly around $5 billion. Also Read | Trump to sue

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