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demmiblue

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20. Maybe we will find out:

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 11:28 AM

Jul 2018

Important to emphasize that it is not at all unusual for @nytimes publishers to meet with U.S. presidents.
And the meetings are often off the record.
But @realDonaldTrump put this one on the record by tweeting about it. http://bit.ly/2M2J0WU pic.twitter.com/XrkwCthPsW

And A.G. Sulzberger, @nytimes publisher, took detailed notes during the meeting. Sulzberger made clear to the president that his rhetoric about journalists being “the enemy of the people” was deeply troubling. http://bit.ly/2M2J0WU

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Just in: Statement from NYT Publisher A.G. Sulzberger, who says he told Trump his "language was not [View all] demmiblue Jul 2018 OP

obvious mistake to try to reason with that asshole Kali Jul 2018 #1

How's it a mistake? What's the cost here? Hortensis Jul 2018 #9

it really was more a comment about the orange anus Kali Jul 2018 #38

:) And I agree entirely with you. Whatshiswhatever Hortensis Jul 2018 #50

He used him as a tweet-op. demmiblue Jul 2018 #13

Trump's response while Sulzberger was talking: LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2018 #60

You think Sulzberger should maintain a dignified silence while the potus calls for the murder ... Hekate Jul 2018 #30

Did she say that? I don't think she said that. demmiblue Jul 2018 #35

Think strategically Grasswire2 Jul 2018 #55

no that is not what I think Kali Jul 2018 #40

a guy on AMJoy said basically that it's a good thing for the publisher of the NYT to have TeamPooka Jul 2018 #41

Sulzberger - Trump Nasruddin Jul 2018 #44

thank you for your speculation. TeamPooka Jul 2018 #52

It is the clear intent of Trump to destroy the press. It is an essential to establish a dictatorship olegramps Jul 2018 #68

And Trumpy's response was...? Eyeball_Kid Jul 2018 #2

This tweet oberliner Jul 2018 #5

Pfft! HE has been the one calling the media that. It's not "sad" it's abhorrent. nt WePurrsevere Jul 2018 #14

This just in Trump "huh"? grantcart Jul 2018 #24

How is that Trump's "response" when it came first? markses66 Jul 2018 #27

This was Trump's response to the meeting oberliner Jul 2018 #28

It is weird that he waited over a week to break his off-the-record agreement markses66 Jul 2018 #34

He probably had to wait for someone to craft the response LisaM Jul 2018 #37

Correction: Trump tweeted his...distorted and weirdly brief screed having nothing to do with Fred Sanders Jul 2018 #62

Yup. progressoid Jul 2018 #67

And Trumpy's response was Wounded Bear Jul 2018 #7

But remember how that worked for Bushie... Totally Tunsie Jul 2018 #25

Maybe we will find out: demmiblue Jul 2018 #20

I think he got through to the Schmuck L'Orange peekaloo Jul 2018 #3

Schmuck L'Orange!!!!!! calimary Jul 2018 #29

Feel free to pass it on. peekaloo Jul 2018 #59

Meh, let's wait and see what the interpreter says. OnDoutside Jul 2018 #4

lol Cha Jul 2018 #15

Yes, precisely Ponietz Jul 2018 #57

Maybe he meant Harker Jul 2018 #6

He will nod and appear to have heard the critique. Grammy23 Jul 2018 #8

The "Moron in Chief" couldn't care less Kyblue1 Jul 2018 #10

And promised to continue to publish Trump apologists cally Jul 2018 #11

The "talk" would only serve to enrage him. You cannot engage a dictator traitor. BSdetect Jul 2018 #12

Asking a bully to please stop bullying you doesn't usually end well oberliner Jul 2018 #16

not a bully, a fascist EleanorR Jul 2018 #18

He doesn't give 2naSalit Jul 2018 #17

Trump's eyes glazed over after the first sentence, as he thought: LuckyLib Jul 2018 #42

Obviously, Sulzberger should have used brightly colored flash cards and gummibear treats like... Hugin Jul 2018 #19

Watch Spanky get even worse, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #21

The big takeaway is that Trump speaks directly DeminPennswoods Jul 2018 #22

It's becoming clear along with watching TV on the golden flush-able throne... Hugin Jul 2018 #33

"...will lead to violence." Liberalagogo Jul 2018 #23

Oh, well that showed him. JHB Jul 2018 #26

I bet I know Trump's response. JohnnyRingo Jul 2018 #31

As if we needed further proof that Traitor Tot gets his marching orders from the Kremlin, catbyte Jul 2018 #32

Along with "persona non-grata" just to make it personal. n/t Hugin Jul 2018 #36

I applaud him for trying. He had to try. Somone had to try. Just for the record, at least. bitterross Jul 2018 #39

Let's start with the basic notion that trump is illegitimately in the White House. The Liberal Lion Jul 2018 #43

The evil, orange, bloated, lying asshole is well aware of his dangerous language., SamKnause Jul 2018 #45

And when Trump goes back to his dangerous language? gratuitous Jul 2018 #46

This will only embolden Shitler. kairos12 Jul 2018 #47

Interesting that he says the phrase fake news is untrue and harmful MadDAsHell Jul 2018 #48

No. Trump's language is directly from the alt-right via Hitler, Stalin, & every other dictator... Hekate Jul 2018 #53

Not according to the Washington Post: MadDAsHell Jul 2018 #54

If you read Sulzberger's statement in response to the Trump most recent attack on journalism the Fred Sanders Jul 2018 #63

WaPo disagrees. nt MadDAsHell Jul 2018 #70

You guys are really funny. Looks to me like the publisher of one of the biggest papers just... Hekate Jul 2018 #49

What was Trump's response? procon Jul 2018 #51

I think the situation is far more advanced than is being acknowledged bucolic_frolic Jul 2018 #56

sadly, lord fatass doesn't care. nt BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2018 #58

Divisive and Dangerous is Trump's intent Martin Eden Jul 2018 #61

This guy is really naive. pangaia Jul 2018 #64

NYT Publisher A.G. Sulzberger wasted time. He must start a NCjack Jul 2018 #65

Trump will have blood on his hands every time a journalist is killed. Nitram Jul 2018 #66

Far too erudite a conversation for KingtRump to understand. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2018 #69