Like Trump would tell the NY Times anything.
They are his buds. Without much prompting, Trump has ALREADY admitted that he is anxious to make deals with the likes of Reid, Schumer and Pelosi. People are thirsty for an outsider ready to ride herd on Washington, and they are willing to imagine that the obvious fraud Trump is that man.
Sorry Rooster, but having lived for a few years in NYC my read is that for someone like Trump, born and raised a rich New York Liberal, the NYT is his paper and the unwashed masses in flyover land, his viewers, voters, hotel and casino customers, and especially his fawning fans, are suckers. In a closed room in Manhattan with his peers what he says is going to be closer to the truth of his intentions.