The article says that the statement at issue occurred during a portion of the discussion that the paper agreed was off the record. So now they go around leaking and likely muscharacterizing what Trump said in order to damage him or, in the alternative, create pressure on him to authorize releasing the transcript. This is sleazy, yellow journalism of the worst kind. Pathetic.
“This is sleazy, yellow journalism of the worst kind. Pathetic.”
Only if what Trump said off the record is inconsistent with what he proclaims publicly.
If it’s consistent, it’s a good thing for Trump.
If Trump is really weak on immigration, then, yes, this would be a bad thing.
The NYT Editorial Board is not running for President, so whether it is sleazy, yellow journalism is irrelevant. And if they have "likely mischaracterized" what he said, the best way to counter that is for Trump to authorize them to release the tape/transcript so his own words can speak for themselves.
And at the same time, the other GOP candidates should do the same if they participated in the same process.
This is sleazy, yellow journalism of the worst kind. Pathetic.
And smearing Trump with this is the “principled conservatism” of Ted Cruz.