NY Times Publisher Tells Trump At Meeting: Threats Against Media Will 'Lead To Violence'

A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times, said on Sunday that he took a meeting with Donald Trump to call out the commander-in-chief's divisive and "dangerous" rhetoric.

Sulzberger apparently agreed to keep the meeting "on background". But in a tweet on Sunday, Trump complained that Sulzberger "[s]pent much time talking about the vast amounts of Fake News being put out by the media & how that Fake News has morphed into phrase, 'Enemy of the People.' Sad!"

Had a very good and interesting meeting at the White House with A.G. Sulzberger, Publisher of the New York Times. Spent much time talking about the vast amounts of Fake News being put out by the media & how that Fake News has morphed into phrase, “Enemy of the People.” Sad!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2018

Since Trump had violated his desire for confidentiality of the meeting, Sulzberger fired back in a statement later on Sunday.

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