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Trump Talks Business Conflicts, Breitbart And More With NY Times

by Kristin Salaky

11.22.16 | 2:21 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to a campaign rally, Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

President-elect Donald Trump had a meeting Tuesday with the New York Times that was very publicly on, then off, then on again. Times reporter Maggie Haberman live-tweeted the meeting and a breakdown of their conversation via her tweets is below:

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Kristin Salaky Kristin is the Front Page Editor based in New York City. She is a graduate of Ohio University and her byline has been featured in Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan. Follow her on Twitter @kristinsalaky.

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codegen86 says:

November 22, 2016

Reporting facts = unfair. Where have heard that before…

With reality having a liberal bias, I have a sense of deja vu before the Trump presidency even started. What a total clustertrump.
weatherservo9 says:

November 22, 2016

“The law’s totally on my side, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.”

What does that mean?
kumquat16 says:

November 22, 2016

In theory I could run my business perfectly and then run the country
perfectly.

In actual practice, I clearly can’t do either one.
ralph_vonholst says:

November 22, 2016

So, Trump says stuff and Maggie acts as stenographer. Fascinating. But why should anyone believe anything he says? Oh, but he’s the PEOTUS!, you say. And, your point is?
ottnott says:

November 22, 2016

There’s no conflict of interest. I’m interested in both.