The New York Times is not afraid of Donald Trump or his lawyers.

Twitter users are praising the publication for standing its ground after Trump threatened to file a lawsuit for his "damaged reputation."

After Trump's lawyer issued a letter on Wednesday night demanding the Times take down an article that reported Trump had allegedly groped two women, things got very interesting.

Trump's lawyer demanded the Times issue a retraction and an apology for the damage the article caused. Quite frankly, the Times didn't give AF.

David McCraw, a lawyer for the Times responded to the demand with a bad-ass public letter, which states:

We published newsworthy information about a subject of deep public concern. If Mr. Trump disagrees, if he believes that American citizens had no right to hear what these women had to say and that the law of this country forces us and those who would dare to criticize him to stand silent or be punished, we welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight.

Naturally, Twitter users celebrated the Times' casual shutdown with excellent reaction GIFs:

The New York Times responds to Trump's demand letter pic.twitter.com/Dvku5WZaYg — Mark Zohar (@markzohar) October 13, 2016

Trump's Letter to the New York Times: We represent Donald J. Trump and your article is reckless, defam...



New York Times... pic.twitter.com/8h4iTO4vL7 — Scott Charles (@TheScottCharles) October 13, 2016

Video of New York Times reading Trump's lawyer letter. Apparently, they look forward to discovery and depositions. pic.twitter.com/TMzc0D6R8l — Jon Hutson (@JonHutson) October 13, 2016

The New York Times's response to Donald Trump's letter. pic.twitter.com/AztOaJASDQ — Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) October 13, 2016

New York Times counsel reading the Donald Trump lawsuit threat letter. pic.twitter.com/wpRmW57ZJo — I Bought The Law (@IBoughtTheLaw) October 13, 2016

And here's the final member of the Trump legal firm that fired off that letter to the New York Times pic.twitter.com/W3iPhkELmV — Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) October 13, 2016

New York Times going out for drinks after reading the letter from Trump's lawyers pic.twitter.com/TcD01HgoOA — Real Messy Bitch (@BayStateGay) October 13, 2016

New York Times sent @realDonaldTrump's lawyers a letter basically saying - "Come at me bro, we live for this!" — Jermaine Spradley (@MrSpradley) October 13, 2016

tldr new york times response to libel letter:



Bring it on. — Ismat Sarah Mangla (@ismat) October 13, 2016

Oh man, that letter from the New York Times' lawyers... pic.twitter.com/yv91L8Gs5d — Chris Glendinning (@cglendinning95) October 13, 2016

The New York Times to Donald Trump's lawyers pic.twitter.com/2Ci2SJ3g3w — Kate Ward (@kateward) October 13, 2016

New York Times to Trump is like pic.twitter.com/nmrVVpgHL2 — Mayra (@anamayramex) October 13, 2016

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