Why Donald Trump will not sue the Times or the women

Once again, Donald Trump's lawyers are claiming that the real estate mogul and Republican presidential nominee is going to sue the New York Times.  In a letter to the Executive Editor of the Times, attorney Mark Kasowitz calls the NYT article in which two women claim that they were groped by Trump "...libel per se."

Trump's been making threats to sue the Times over and over again during this campaign.  In May he threatened to sue over what his campaign called a "hit piece" over his alleged past treatment of women.  He did not sue.  He threatened to sue Ted Cruz.  He never filed suit.

But in this most recent case there isn't a snowball's chance in hell that he will sue.  First off, he doesn't have a leg to stand on legally.  The Times reported that the women made claims, and did not state the claims were or were not true.

Then there's the fact that Trump's reputation is of his own making and there is no reputation to protect when it comes to his actions involving women.  However the real reason he won't sue is that in defending itself, the NYT would be able to delve into every aspect of every Trump relationship with a woman going back decades.  He doesn't want to open that particular Pandora's Box.

So he blusters and makes the hollowest of threats. Meanwhile the allegations continue to pour in.