A federal judge in Florida threw out President Trump's lawsuit against The New York Times on Friday, saying the complaint his attorneys filed earlier this week against the newspaper is too long and needs to be truncated to be considered.

"A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally or the functional equivalent of the Hyde Park Speakers’ Corner," Judge Steven Merryday, an appointee of former President George H. W. Bush, wrote in the order, saying his court was not a venue for Trump to "rage against an adversary."

The judge gave Trump's attorneys 28 days to file an amended complaint.

The president sued the Times and several of its reporters for defamation Monday, alleging the news outlet and its journalists acted with reckless disregard for the truth as it covered him in the lead-up to the 2024 election.

The Times company in a statement when Trump's lawsuit was filed called his complaint "without merit," and Times executive editor Joseph Kahn expressed confidence Thursday the outlet would prevail in the case.

“He’s wrong on the facts; he’s wrong on the law. And we’ll fight it, and we’ll win,” Kahn said at an Axios Media Trends Live event Thursday, adding he did not see a scenario in which the Times would settle with the president.

Trump has for years railed against the Times and other mainstream media outlets he says do not cover him fairly. The president has this week threatened the broadcast licenses of news networks and used the power of his Federal Communications Commission as leverage against some of the nation's largest media conglomerates.

In a statement to The Hill on Friday, a spokesperson for the Trump legal team said the president "will continue to hold the Fake News accountable through this powerhouse lawsuit against the New York Times, its reporters, and Penguin Random House, in accordance with the judge’s direction on logistics.”

Updated at 1:07 p.m. EDT