{"id":2587117,"date":"2026-04-04T11:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-failing-new-york-times-over-nato-headline-misprint\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:21:07","slug":"trump-slams-failing-new-york-times-over-nato-headline-misprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-failing-new-york-times-over-nato-headline-misprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump slams &#8216;Failing New York Times&#8217; over NATO headline misprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-slams-failing-new-york-times-over-nato-headline-misprint%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2587117&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald trump criticized The new York Times after its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-yang-slams-papers-editorial-cartoon-of-him-as-racist\/\" title=\"Andrew Yang Slams Paper&#039;s Editorial Cartoon of Him as Racist\">print edition<\/a> ran a headline misnaming NATO as the \u201cNorth American Treaty Association\u201d instead of the \u201cnorth Atlantic Treaty Organization.\u201d The misprint appeared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mary-grabar-1619-project-creator-nikole-hannah-jones-on-parental-rights-transparency-for-me-but-not-for-thee\/\" title=\"Mary Grabar: 1619 Project Creator Nikole Hannah-Jones on Parental Rights: Transparency for Me, but Not for Thee\">print version<\/a> of a story about Trump\u2019s threats to abandon NATO, prompting Trump to call the paper \u201cFailing\u201d and accuse it of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake ...?\">fake news<\/a> and declining credibility. The New York Times issued a correction in the following day\u2019s print edition, clarifying the correct name of the alliance. The article frames the episode as part of a broader discussion about journalism in the digital era, noting reactions from journalists about whether the error was a simple mistake or indicative of editorial issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump slams &lsquo;Failing New York Times&rsquo; over NATO headline misprint<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2551338\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump <\/a>railed against <em>The<\/em> <em>New York Times<\/em> for a print headline fumble in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/truth-social\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11116\">Truth Social<\/a> post on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><em>The<\/em> <em>New York Times<\/em> itself made headlines on Friday when a viral misprint in its print version mistakenly called <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"603\">NATO<\/a> the &ldquo;North American Treaty Organization&rdquo; instead of its correct name, the &ldquo;North Atlantic Treaty Organization.&rdquo; Trump took the opportunity to bash the newspaper on Saturday for the misprint.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Failing New York Times, whose lack of credibility, and their constant Fake News attacks on your favorite President, ME, has caused its circulation to absolutely PLUMMET, referred to our severely weakened and extremely unreliable &lsquo;partner,&rsquo; NATO, as the North American Treaty Organization,&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116346654846871260\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4512064\/trump-says-leaving-paper-tiger-nato-beyond-reconsideration\/\">TRUMP SAYS LEAVING &lsquo;PAPER TIGER&rsquo; NATO IS NOW &lsquo;BEYOND RECONSIDERATION&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump called the error a &ldquo;very interesting mistake!&rdquo; The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/02\/world\/europe\/trump-nato-iran.html\">article<\/a> analyzed Trump&rsquo;s continued threats to leave NATO, given his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4512064\/trump-says-leaving-paper-tiger-nato-beyond-reconsideration\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4512064\/trump-says-leaving-paper-tiger-nato-beyond-reconsideration\/\">public dissatisfaction with the alliance<\/a> this week due to the alliance&rsquo;s refusal to join in on the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The hiring and educational standards have gone way down at the NYT. Bring back, &lsquo;ALL THE NEWS THAT&rsquo;S FIT TO PRINT&rsquo; and, Make America Great Again!&rdquo; Trump wrote on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116346654846871260\">Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article, titled &ldquo;Every Trump Threat to Abandon NATO Hollows It Out&rdquo; online, was given the headline &ldquo;A North American Treaty Organization Without America?&rdquo; in the print version. <em>The<\/em> <em>New York Times<\/em> issued a correction when print readers noticed the error.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A correction will appear in tomorrow&rsquo;s print edition: &lsquo;A headline with an article on Friday about President Trump&rsquo;s threats to leave NATO misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty Organization,&#8217;&rdquo; the outlet <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYTimesPR\/status\/2040142477215056082?s=20\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Reporters don&rsquo;t write print headlines but it was quickly corrected, btw,&rdquo; the author of the piece, the outlet&rsquo;s chief diplomatic correspondent Steven Erlanger, wrote on X. <\/p>\n<p>The misprint, which was a play on words essential to the meaning of the headline, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >generated significant interest<\/a> on social media as journalists debated the implications of the mistake in a media landscape that is increasingly turning its focus to online versions of stories over the print medium.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are tired copy editors who work really really hard and make one innocent and mortifying mistake that becomes grist for the social media gumball machine,&rdquo; Glenn Thrush, a reporter for <em>The<\/em> <em>New York Times<\/em>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GlennThrush\/status\/2040161677837025463\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>David Harsanyi, senior writer at the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, argued that the headline was more than just one human error. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4513306\/nato-chief-rutte-visit-trump\/\">NATO CHIEF TO VISIT TRUMP AFTER PRESIDENT THREATENS TO EXIT MILITARY ALLIANCE<\/a><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidharsanyi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The problem here isn&rsquo;t a slip up &mdash; that could happen to anyone. They literally played the cutesy headline off the mistake; and then a bunch of editors looked at before it went to print,&rdquo; Harsanyi <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidharsanyi\/status\/2040399326661267460?s=20\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has reached out to the <em>New York Times<\/em> for comment on Trump&rsquo;s Truth Social post.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidharsanyi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump blasts NYT over NATO misprint<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2587118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25143027771886.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4188,77140,50459,51059,3634],"class_list":["post-2587117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-media","tag-misprint","tag-nato-2","tag-nytimes","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25143027771886.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587117"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587121,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587117\/revisions\/2587121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}