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Trump flip-flops on meeting with New York Times
Tuesday morning, President-elect Donald Trump backed out of a meeting with the New York Times, claiming that the paper changed the ground rules. After calling off the meeting, Trump followed up with a tweet. Then, several hours later, he posted that the meeting was back on. I cancelled today’s meeting with the failing @nytimes when… Continue reading Trump flip-flops on meeting with New York Times
