That ship has sailed.

He's been told what the consequences of his behavior will be. He continues to do it. He's culpable for the outcome.

Released by NY Times in response to Trump tweets about the meeting on July 20.

" I warned that this inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence. I repeatedly stressed that this is particularly true abroad, where the president's rhetoric is being used by some regimes to justify sweeping crackdowns on journalists.

I warned that it was putting lives at risk, that it was undermining the democratic ideals of our nation, and that it was eroding one of our country's greatest exports: a commitment to free speech and a free press.

Throughout the conversation I emphasized that if President Trump, like previous presidents, was upset with coverage of his administration he was of course free to tell the world. I made clear repeatedly that I was not asking for him to soften his attacks on The Times if he felt our coverage was unfair. Instead, I implored him to reconsider his broader attacks on journalism, which I believe are dangerous and harmful to our country."

The statement of NYT publisher A.M. Sulzberger

All controlled by them now, or else they threaten them, and soon if he gets his DOTJ he'll criminalize them with it.

Sadly this meeting was probably a waste of time by the NY Times people.

Now that Trump has told us about it, and used it to badger the press this morning....the press is now free to cover it at will.

"Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel"

I guess I meant a waste of time as far as changing his behavior. He'll keep saying enemy of the people until Putin tells him to stop.

Trump had to open his fat yap to scold NYT; now other media outlets are rallying to cover Sulzberger's response.


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-called-media-enemy-of-the-people-in-meeting-with-ny-times-publisher/2018/07/29/fec5adee-9330-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html?utm_term=.1fb9f088e1d4

To Trump it was a "how to" manual, and will bring him much delight.

That's the way to corroborate the factual truth of what happened in a private meeting.

If you want a witness.

They always sent 2 or more lawyers, every single time they interacted w/ him. Because even lawyers who choose to work for him need a witness to every interaction with him, just to protect themselves. That's pretty extraordinary.

Dolt45 only respects someone who can bully him. Nevertheless I think it is a good thing that the NYT did this to put him on notice that if someone is hurt Cheeto can’t say he doesn’t know.

Cheeto does not respond normally with a fear of consequences. He lacks the intellectual and moral capital to calibrate his response. At the end of the day he is just a dumb thug. It still shocks me that he is POTUS.

Look for Twitler to step up his rants about the media and call out more and more individuals by name to his entire his base (and if anyone ever fit that term - base - it's his base) to act on his words. I'm surprised no one (as yet) has been murdered by these storm troopers.

-- and news outlets are beginning to unify and stand together against him.