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11/22/2016

Via Twitter, President-Elect Cancels Today’s Scheduled Meeting With NYT Publisher And Editors [UPDATE: Meeting is Back On]

Filed under: General — Dana @ 6:32 am



[guest post by Dana]

Last night I posted about President-elect Trump’s heated off-the-record meeting with media big shots in NYC. Though considering the number of leaked quotes, “off-the-record” was a stretch. The meeting was to have been a prelude to today’s on-the record meeting with the New York Times’ publisher and reporters. However, in the wee hours of the morning, the President-elect cancelled the meeting, and claimed that the agreed upon rules had been unexpectedly changed. He also inferred they were changed by someone other than himself:

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The NYT responded to the sudden change in plans:

We were unaware that the meeting was canceled until we saw the president-elect’s tweet this morning. We did not change the ground rules at all and made no attempt to. They tried to yesterday — asking for only a private meeting and no on-the-record segment, which we refused to agree to. In the end, we concluded with them that we would go back to the original plan of a small off-the-record session and a larger on-the-record session with reporters and columnists.

All of which makes one question whether he ever intended to meet with them in the first place.

President-elect Trump also announced that instead of meeting with the NYT today, he will continue meeting with prospective members of his administration. Individuals, he says, who will be running our government for the next 8 years…

–Dana

UPDATE: So it appears that Trump has reinstated the meeting with the New York Times’ publisher, editors and reporters.

UPDATE 2: The New York Times is now reporting that sources inside the Trump camp are blaming Reince Priebus for the cancellation confusion:

Three people with knowledge of Mr. Trump’s initial decision to cancel the meeting said that Reince Priebus, the incoming White House chief of staff, had been among those urging the president-elect to cancel it, because he would face questions he might not be prepared to answer. It was Mr. Priebus who relayed to Mr. Trump, erroneously, that The Times had changed the conditions of the meeting, believing it would result in a cancellation, these people said.

15 Responses to “Via Twitter, President-Elect Cancels Today’s Scheduled Meeting With NYT Publisher And Editors [UPDATE: Meeting is Back On]”

  1. Good morning.

    Dana (d17a61) — 11/22/2016 @ 6:34 am

  2. Trump will find a way to get himself in the news even when there’s no news. I wonder if the Secret Service will have orders to tackle/arrest/shoot anyone who gets between him and a TV camera.

    nk (dbc370) — 11/22/2016 @ 7:05 am

  3. Latest reports are that new ground rules were agreed upon, and Trump is at the NYT offices now.

    We shall see.

    shipwreckedcrew (56b591) — 11/22/2016 @ 7:37 am

  4. Trump is getting better by the day.ANY slapdown of the NYT is a good thing. BTW the meetings back on but that will still leave a mark!

    David Rhind (4b072e) — 11/22/2016 @ 7:38 am

  5. He’s showing the NYT what it’s like to be used as a chew toy.

    crazy (d3b449) — 11/22/2016 @ 7:49 am

  6. More evidence that Trump is a con artist.

    Leviticus (dc2306) — 11/22/2016 @ 8:02 am

  7. Works for me.

    Patricia (5fc097) — 11/22/2016 @ 8:10 am

  8. BTW has the NYT reported on the “drunken white chicks” comment from the brave Hamilton actor who lectured Pence?

    Patricia (5fc097) — 11/22/2016 @ 8:18 am

  9. Individuals, he says, who will be running our government for the next 8 years…

    Eight years at least! We’re working on extra-Constitutional ways to keep him in office 12 or even 16 years, dead or alive! (I tell that to leftists I know and they get apoplectic, it’s hysterical to watch).

    Rev. Hoagie® (785e38) — 11/22/2016 @ 8:20 am

  10. When two well-known congenital liars (NYT and DJT) have diametrically opposed versions of a string of events, who do you believe?

    John Hitchcock (b917c9) — 11/22/2016 @ 8:21 am

  11. #9 Rev Hoagie, I told one of my left wing #NeverTrump friends that we’re devising a plan to do away with the electoral college; because with Trump as our new President for life, we won’t be needing the electoral college! (LOL)

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 11/22/2016 @ 8:33 am

  12. More evidence that Trump is a con artist

    What? Do you mean Trump won’t have Hillary prosecuted after all? Do you mean to tell us he can’t be taken at his word? I’m shocked, shocked I say!

    Chuck Bartowski (bc1c71) — 11/22/2016 @ 8:41 am

  13. UPDATE 2: The New York Times is now reporting that sources inside the Trump camp are blaming Reince Priebus for the cancellation confusion:

    Three people with knowledge of Mr. Trump’s initial decision to cancel the meeting said that Reince Priebus, the incoming White House chief of staff, had been among those urging the president-elect to cancel it, because he would face questions he might not be prepared to answer. It was Mr. Priebus who relayed to Mr. Trump, erroneously, that The Times had changed the conditions of the meeting, believing it would result in a cancellation, these people said.

    Dana (d17a61) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:16 am

  14. Meeting, live on Twitter: http://www.nytimes.com/live/trump-at-the-new-york-times-the-tweets/

    nk (dbc370) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:52 am

  15. Here’s the scoop: the NYT hasn’t had it this good in years; TV cameras focused on the bland lobby and elevator banks of their Manhattn digs as the President-elect walks through while staffers, w/Chinese made smartphones held high, click and video away.

    “Sometimes you can just smell a horrendously $hitty day on the way, can’t you?” – Henry Hackett [Michael Keaton] ‘The Paper’ 1994

    DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/22/2016 @ 11:16 am


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