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And just think, he's not even under the kind of pressure that a sitting president experiences day to day.
Trump's behavior sure doesn't even come close to inspiring confidence.
On Tuesday morning President-elect Donald Trump backed out of a meeting he had called with The New York Times.
But hours later he changed his mind and decided to visit the newspaper after all.
Trump is heading over to the Times' headquarters, press secretary Hope Hicks told CNNMoney around 9:45 a.m, three and a half hours after Trump tweeted to announce the meeting had been canceled.
A portion of the meeting will be an on-the-record interview, as the newspaper originally wanted.
"Mr. Trump's staff has told us that the President Elect's meeting with The Times is on again," Eileen Murphy, head of communications for the Times, said in a statement. "He will meet with our publisher off-the-record and that session will be followed by an on-the-record meeting with our journalists and editorial columnists."
Later Tuesday morning, Trump tweeted, "The meeting with the @nytimes is back on at 12:30 today. Look forward to it!"
The back-and-forth showed Trump's impulsive nature and his combative approach toward top news organizations.
Here's what happened:
Trump originally asked for the meeting with Times executives, and also agreed to meet on the record with reporters and columnists.
The Times announced the meeting on Monday.
But on Tuesday morning, Trump said on Twitter that the "terms and conditions" had changed at the last minute -- a claim The Times denied, saying it was in fact Trump who had tried to alter the conditions.
"Not nice," Trump said in an early morning tweet. He called the newspaper "failing," a favorite insult.
In a second tweet minutes later, the president-elect said: "Perhaps a new meeting will be set up with the @nytimes. In the meantime they continue to cover me inaccurately and with a nasty tone!"
Trump cancels New York Times meeting, then changes his mind
Trump's behavior sure doesn't even come close to inspiring confidence.
On Tuesday morning President-elect Donald Trump backed out of a meeting he had called with The New York Times.
But hours later he changed his mind and decided to visit the newspaper after all.
Trump is heading over to the Times' headquarters, press secretary Hope Hicks told CNNMoney around 9:45 a.m, three and a half hours after Trump tweeted to announce the meeting had been canceled.
A portion of the meeting will be an on-the-record interview, as the newspaper originally wanted.
"Mr. Trump's staff has told us that the President Elect's meeting with The Times is on again," Eileen Murphy, head of communications for the Times, said in a statement. "He will meet with our publisher off-the-record and that session will be followed by an on-the-record meeting with our journalists and editorial columnists."
Later Tuesday morning, Trump tweeted, "The meeting with the @nytimes is back on at 12:30 today. Look forward to it!"
The back-and-forth showed Trump's impulsive nature and his combative approach toward top news organizations.
Here's what happened:
Trump originally asked for the meeting with Times executives, and also agreed to meet on the record with reporters and columnists.
The Times announced the meeting on Monday.
But on Tuesday morning, Trump said on Twitter that the "terms and conditions" had changed at the last minute -- a claim The Times denied, saying it was in fact Trump who had tried to alter the conditions.
"Not nice," Trump said in an early morning tweet. He called the newspaper "failing," a favorite insult.
In a second tweet minutes later, the president-elect said: "Perhaps a new meeting will be set up with the @nytimes. In the meantime they continue to cover me inaccurately and with a nasty tone!"
Trump cancels New York Times meeting, then changes his mind
