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Donald Trump Secretly Told The New York Times What He Really Thinks About Immigration
Buzzfeed ^ | 2/29/2016 | Ben Smith

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 ...


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Much speculation here. Release the transcripts.
1 posted on 02/29/2016 12:47:41 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian
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To: TheThirdRuffian

BuzzardFeed


2 posted on 02/29/2016 12:49:31 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (My first choice is Trump 4 economics and Not a Politician . Cruz to endorse Rubio Stay Home)
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:: 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. ::

WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS!!!!!!!

FUNYT


3 posted on 02/29/2016 12:49:37 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

Like Trump would tell the NY Times anything.


4 posted on 02/29/2016 12:49:50 PM PST by RoosterRedux (When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
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I am 100% confident the NYT will sit on it like their brethren at the LA Times did on the Khalidi video. Not.


5 posted on 02/29/2016 12:50:41 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: TheThirdRuffian
Freaking buzzfeed.

Tripe organization. pure bs

6 posted on 02/29/2016 12:50:41 PM PST by onona (I've held my nose so long I can't even remember what an election smells like !)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

Much speculation here. Release the transcripts.


Yes, let’s see Cruzbio’s full tax returns. Why are those two conmen bleating about Trump’s taxes and mafia links then refusing to release their own taxes?


7 posted on 02/29/2016 12:51:28 PM PST by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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REALLY !!!


8 posted on 02/29/2016 12:51:48 PM PST by jennychase
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Right. I can’t fathom a legitimate justification for saying anything different to the press than you’re saying publicly during a campaign, so I agree that he should call on the NYY to make that public.


9 posted on 02/29/2016 12:51:53 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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This is what concerns me, as Trump’s primary valid position is on immigration:

“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.”

If Trump is really a squish on immigration, then there is no appeal.


10 posted on 02/29/2016 12:52:03 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Trump, and Rubio are sure losers. No more!)
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Lol, you’re getting punked. If they had this bullet they would have fired it already. Holding to super tuesday eve is a bit late.

On top of that it’s probably just Trump saying what’s he already said before ... he has to have it tested in court, doesn’t think he alone can get it done.


11 posted on 02/29/2016 12:52:43 PM PST by Fhios (Going Donald Trump is as close to going John Galt as we'll get.)
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Head fake. Chess vs. Checkers. Same thing he did when he labelled Jeb! as “low energy”. Trump plays these guys like a cheap fiddle and then throws them away when he’s done with them.

Trump has over 6 million Twitter followers, four times as many as the NYT has subscribers. He tweets, their story goes nowhere, the end.


12 posted on 02/29/2016 12:52:51 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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The art of the deal...make promises get the deal then ignore the promises...its how trump “wins”


13 posted on 02/29/2016 12:52:53 PM PST by RginTN (Donald J Trump- why would the people of Ky want a rookie senator when they have Sen Mitch Mcconnell)
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Any meeting held on the 13th floor of a building is open to speculation from the gitgo...


14 posted on 02/29/2016 12:52:54 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: lodi90

I agree. Full openness, from all of them.

This tape, however, is the most critical. Again from the article:

“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.”


15 posted on 02/29/2016 12:53:15 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Trump, and Rubio are sure losers. No more!)
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So all they have are rumors?


16 posted on 02/29/2016 12:54:29 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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If this is true, NYT might wait to see IF Trump wins the primary and then help Hillary.

Trump said he wants a WIDE door on the fence, so I have to wonder what he means by that, especially when:

“We are not talking about positions he has taken years ago before he became a Republican. In 2013, conservatives were fighting for dear life to oppose open borders, while Trump was not only supporting the Dream Act, but echoing the liberal politically correct talking points behind it. In August of 2013, he reportedly told a group of illegal aliens, “You have convinced me” of the need to pass the Dream Act.”

more: https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/01/trumps-questionable-political-history


17 posted on 02/29/2016 12:54:41 PM PST by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

I won’t say “I told ya so” to the Trumpbots just yet.


18 posted on 02/29/2016 12:54:42 PM PST by KansasGirl
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“The art of the deal...make promises get the deal then ignore the promises...its how trump “wins””

That is my concern.


19 posted on 02/29/2016 12:54:49 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Trump, and Rubio are sure losers. No more!)
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They're holding until it's too late to stop Trump from being the Republican nominee.

The amount of dirty laundry against Trump will be Yuuuuggggeee!

20 posted on 02/29/2016 12:55:53 PM PST by Johnny B. (Donald Trump: the choice of the Jerry Springer generation!)
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