The New York Times’ CEO vowed to fight Donald Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit in a fiery new interview Wednesday, warning the president is wielding an “anti-press playbook.”

Meredith Kopit Levien slammed the lawsuit as baseless in her first public comments since Trump announced he was taking action against the newspaper.

“The lawsuit has no merit. It lacks any legitimate legal claims,” Levien said at a Financial Times conference. “I believe its purpose is to stifle independent journalism, to deter the kind of fact-based reporting that the Times and other institutions are known for.”

“The New York Times will not be cowed by this,” Levien added.

The legacy media’s chief compared the lawsuit to other countries with corruption.

“There is an anti-press playbook at this point . . . If you look

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