Posted on 02/29/2016 12:47:40 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian
The New York Times is sitting on an audio recording that some of its staff believes could deal a serious blow to Donald Trump who, in an off-the-record meeting with the newspaper, called into question whether he would stand by his own immigration views.
Trump visited the paper’s Manhattan headquarters on Tuesday, Jan. 5, part of a round of editorial board meetings that — as is traditional — the Democratic candidates for president and some of the Republicans attended. The meetings, conducted partly on the record and partly off the record in a 13th floor conference room, give candidates a chance to make their pitch for the paper’s endorsement.
After a dispute over Trump’s suggestion of tariffs on Chinese goods, the Times released a portion of the recording. But that was from the on-the-record part of the session.
n Saturday, columnist Gail Collins, one of the attendees at the meeting (which also included editor-in-chief Dean Baquet), floated a bit of speculation in her column:
The most optimistic analysis of Trump as a presidential candidate is that he just doesn’t believe in positions, except the ones you adopt for strategic purposes when you’re making a deal. So you obviously can’t explain how you’re going to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants, because it’s going to be the first bid in some future monster negotiation session.
Sources familiar with the recording and transcript — which have reached near-mythical status at the Times — tell me that the second sentence is a bit more than speculation. It reflects, instead, something Trump said about the flexibility of his hard-line anti-immigration stance.
So what exactly did Trump say about immigration, about deportations, about the wall? Did he abandon a core promise of his campaign in a private conversation with liberal power brokers in New York?
(Excerpt) Read more at buzzfeed.com ...
You keep saying that Cruz is partnered with the establishment...
I read things here submitted as “proof” and just shake my head.
“he shook hands wit Rubio! See that’s proof!”. - uh yeah, he shook Trump’s hand first.
” He said he’d support Rubio over Trump! That’s proof!” - well... Donnie has been calling him a lot of names and attacking his eligibility and character for some time now. Plus, he’s more likely to take votes from Rubio than Trump at this point.
It’s Shenanigans! Shenanigans Andy!
“So, should Trump tell them to release the transcripts or not?”
Yes,I think Trump should tell them to release the tapes as soon as Rubio and Cruz agree to the same thing and release their off the record recordings.
And then Trump needs to sue the Times the RNC, the pacs behind this disgusting mess!
If ‘off the record’ agreements are broken the PRESS is DEAD. Shall we do away with confidential sources as well?
Doesn’t matter who wins.
The press wants Rubio Cruz, because Hillary will beat them.
Aren’t you getting tired of the press picking your candidates??
>> NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WAS SAID YET! <<
Then Trump should tell the NYT to release the tape.
What is he hiding?
I don’t get the controversy.
Why wouldn’t Trump release the tape (or transcript) and make this go away?
It seems pretty easily resolved.
Of course, the weasel is all over this..
https://www.facebook.com/tedcruzpage/videos/10153925497457464/
You got it. Why can’t the sheople see this?
Well gee, sounds like you have a real bombshell there!
/s
Yep. I wonder if the media is turning a bit too soon against him. Maybe they should have waited until after Super Tuesday.
It’s a repeat of McCain and the media.
I have no empirical proof....but you yourself posted it could be coordination and I believe it’s more than “could be”.
Two opposing campaigns using the same words and tactics on the same day?
Do YOU trust them ? I sure as hell do not. I want proof.
Could it be any worse than what he already told Fox and Friends in 2012, in a video still viewable on Fox’s web site?
Expecting a flip-flopper to not flip flop back again is like expecting a cheating spouse to not cheat again.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3402837/posts
Trump: Well, it’s a very complicated subject and you don’t just play it one way, but for people that have been here for years that have, y’know, been hard workers, have good jobs, are supporting a family, it’s very, very tough to just say, by the way, y’know, 22 years, you’re getting, you have to leave, get out!
I’m one of the world’s very conservative people but I have to tell you, on a human basis, how do you throw somebody out that’s lived in this country for 20 years?
And we also have to have a solution with compassion. We have to show some compassion. We just can’t throw everybody out.
Yup, the people who want the greatest deal maker to build the wall do not realize what the word “deal” means. I was talking to a fan of DT’s yesterday about the wall. I told him that Mexico wasn’t going to pay for it and the one way to get it done was for DT to cut the amount of money sent to mexico. He agreed. I then reminded him that he would still be paying for the wall through his taxes. He laughed when he realized I was right and that he had missed that part.
I’m thinking Trump has beginning stages of Alzheimer’s. It’s stuff like this that makes me think that. I’m not saying that to be mean—it’s sad. He reminds me of Adm. Stockdale (Ross Perot’s VP candidate). Look him up...he lost his mind in one of the debates (it was sad too).
I saw the video of their discussion and he did flatter her. He’s a skank.
So, you choose to believe the lying, scum NYT’s innuendos? They hate Trump - and I’m not sure he even went after their endorsement. They are left-wing all the way. This is a nothing burger.
Whoever believes a word the NYT prints, please raise your hands.
Now, smack yourself in the head!
Let’s hear the damned tape then. What’s there to be afraid of?
Trump shoots from the hip. Once he realized that deporting 12 mil illegals wasn’t workable he altered his thinking.
Good for him
Opportunity. Kind of like two guys buying a stock based on a news item.
Off the record interview. They can’t release the interview. But they can say what maybe Trump said in order to hurt him.
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