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Trump And 'New York Times' Publisher Clash Over Their Private Meeting

A private meeting between President Trump and A.G. Sulzberger was suddenly public when Trump tweeted about it Sunday morning. Sulzberger then responded with his own account of what happened.
A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of <em>The New York Times</em>, met with President Trump earlier this month and implored him to "reconsider his broader attacks on journalism."

President Trump on Sunday intensified his assaults on media organizations that cover him and his administration, dismissing them as unpatriotic and irresponsible.

The attacks followed a tweet from the president in which he revealed that he had met the publisher of s, A.G. Sulzberger, and outlined some details of their

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