Trump demands Pulitzer board rescind awards for Russia interference reporting
GuardianJUL 2021
Trump Defamation Lawsuit Against Pulitzer Prize Board to Proceed
Above: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Image copyright: Andrew Harnik/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-Trump narrative
This is a major win for Trump and, eventually, the Pulitzer Prize will have to acknowledge that it gave its award to outlets that produced false reporting. Trump is holding the fake news media to account in an effort to make America great again.
Anti-Trump narrative
While Mueller concluded there was no prosecutable evidence of a conspiracy between Trump and Russia, his report nonetheless laid out vast evidence of links between them, resulting in multiple guilty pleas and indictments. The Pulitzer Prize is right to stand by the awards that were given.