Trump Throws Fit at NYT’s ‘Dumb’ Maggie Haberman and Wants Her Pulitzer

President Donald Trump threw a fit at Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman on Friday, fuming that she “owes” him her award for her recent reporting on his buddy Elon Musk.

He was responding to a report co-written by Haberman claiming that tech billionaire and White House advisor Musk would be briefed Friday on potential U.S. military plans in the event of a conflict with China—a move that would grant him access to some of America’s most sensitive national security secrets.

The report cited two unnamed U.S. officials.

Branding the newspaper a “failing” publication, the president erupted on Truth Social, calling it “one of the worst and most purposely inaccurate newspapers anywhere in the World.”

“Their FAKE concept for this story is that because Elon does some business in China, that he is very conflicted and would immediately go to top Chinese officials and ‘spill the beans.’,” he wrote.

He also raged at CNN for picking up the story, accusing the network of running with an “absolutely ridiculous and false story, which is probably libelous,” before adding: “Fortunately, nobody was watching!”

In a full-blown meltdown, Trump resorted to name-calling, referring to Haberman as “Maggot Hagerman,” and claiming she’s a “really dumb ‘scammer’ who constantly writes about me for the Times, using anonymous, made-up (nonexistent!) sources.” He said he hasn’t spoken to her in years and accused her of being “a big part of the Scam.”

Haberman was part of a team at The Times that covered investigations into Trump and his advisers’ ties to Russia—work that earned her a Pulitzer Prize in 2018.

“She lead the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, only to realize that she was duped and got it wrong. She owes me a totally discredited Pulitzer Prize for her bad reporting.”

Trump yelled: “The Fake News is the ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE…And Elon is NOT BEING BRIEFED ON ANYTHING CHINA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR!!!”

Musk also addressed The Times’ report that he would be briefed on the nation’s China war plans. He said on X on Friday that he looked forward to “the prosecutions of those at the Pentagon who are leaking maliciously false information to NYT.”

“The New York Times is pure propaganda,” he added.