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Originally Posted by Originalist
You are very uninformed.
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No, you're the one who is uninformed. Or perhaps you know but are spinning what was actually stated.
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Originally Posted by Originalist
Trump spoke candidly about the NY Times interview at one of the last debates. He made it clear that revealing the transcript of the interview would tip his hand and put him at a disadvantage later. But he went on to say that any talk of "compromise" would have been "the wall would only be 40 feet instead of 50". The NY Times knows this of course, but they have such fun baiting gullible people like present company.
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While I didn't watch the debate, I did read the transcript. Transcripts are great. They quote what was said, word for word.
Let's review what the transcript has from the debate in Miami, March 3. There's a question from Megan Kelly to the Donald...
We'll see who the uninformed, gullible person is.
"""KELLY: Back in January, you gave an off-the-record interview to the New York Times. It was apparently audiotaped. Now, a recent report in Buzzfeed citing sources at the Times reports that in that interview you expressed flexibility when it comes to your immigration policy, specifically with respect to your promise to deport the 11 million people who are now living here illegally. You have suggested that you may have expressed some flexibility when it comes to the size of the wall that you want to..build. But did you tell them, specifically, that you are flexible when it comes to your deportation plan?
TRUMP: I don't know exactly what -- when you talk about off the record. First of all, Buzzfeed? They were the ones that said under no circumstances will I run for president. And were they wrong. But a lot of people said that.
Then, ..I did have a meeting with the editorial board of the New York Times, a very nice meeting. Many of those things were off the record, I think at their suggestion and my suggestion. And I think being off the record is a very important thing. I think it's a very, very powerful thing.
And I will say this. These three gentlemen have gone off the record many times with reporters. And I think they want to honor it, and I would always honor that.
I will say, though, in terms of immigration -- and almost anything else -- there always has to be some, you know, tug and pull and deal. And, you know, when I watch Ted stand on the Senate floor, I had great respect for what he did. He stood there for a day-and-a- half or something. In the meantime, what came of it? Nothing. You have to be able to have some flexibility, some negotiation.
Now, sometimes you ask for more than you want and you negotiate down to the point. I may have discussed something like that with the New York Times, but I would never release off-the-record conversations...
I don't think it's fair, frankly, to do that to anybody.
KELLY: How flexible are you on this issue?
(AUDIENCE BOOS)
TRUMP: Not very flexible. No, not very flexible. I give the example -- I'm going to build a wall. I'm the one that wants the wall. I'm the one that can build the wall.
But -- and I used an example.
And this isn't necessarily what was said, but whatever was said, the wall's 50 feet high. Is it going to be 45 feet or 40 feet? That could very well be. That could very well -- he wants it to be higher.
(LAUGHTER)
That could very well be. But there's always give and take. There's always negotiation. And the best negotiator that knows what he's doing will make a great deal. But we need give and take in government. If you don't have give and take, you're never going to agree on anything."""
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ipt-annotated/
Did you catch that? Trump said "this WASN'T what was actually said" on that tape.
Now next time before you go off calling me uniformed and gullible...you may want to make sure you have your facts straight!
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