Summary of Trump’s comments in New York Times interview

He said of his critics, “If it were up to some people, I would never, ever see my daughter Ivanka again” to avoid any business-presidential conflict.

Trump was to meet on Tuesday with journalists from The New York Times, a spokeswoman said, hours after he posted on Twitter that he was cancelling the meeting. China has vowed to take over as the world’s environmental leader if US walks away from the effort under Trump.

Unfortunately, when you’re dealing with a leader who seems to hold nearly no firm principles on any issues, the safest bet is to look at the records of those he appoints to his administration.

“I don’t want to hurt the Clintons, I really don’t.

I’ve got a lot of good things to get done”.

The statements could mark a softening in Trump’s position on USA involvement in efforts to fight climate change, although he did not commit to specific action in any direction.

The President-elect on the campaign trail repeatedly vowed to slash environmental protection regulations burdening United States businesses and said that beyond the consequences to the planet, he is particularly mindful of the economic impact of combating climate change. Likewise, Clinton’s successor George W. Bush waited three days after the Supreme Court ruled in his favour in 2000.

Tuesday was the second day Trump spent meeting with news organizations that he frequently sparred with during his 18-month presidential campaign.

Trump said prosecuting Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for her handing of classified information while secretary of state or the dealings of the Clinton Foundation was “not something that I feel very strongly about”.

Two people advising Trump’s transition team on energy and environment issues said they were caught off guard by his remarks.

The off-again, on-again Times meeting came as questions swirled about how forthright Trump will be with the media and, by extension, his soon-to-be constituents.

“It depends on how much”, the reporter quoted Trump as saying. Obama is reportedly reconsidering how much he’ll withdraw from the political scene upon leaving the White House.

Trump’s preferred style is to let his messaging drip through social media.

“All the information is coming through one filter”, says Lynn Walsh, the society’s president.

It certainly sounds very different to tweet he sent at 3:16 a.m. ET on Tuesday, in which he wrote: “I cancelled today’s meeting with the failing @nytimes when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment”.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was keeping an open mind on whether to pull out of a landmark worldwide accord to fight climate change, in a softening of his stance toward global warming.

Transparency International, which fights corruption globally, is adding its name to those calling on President-elect Donald Trump to divest himself of his businesses before he takes office, to avoid any conflicts of interest.

Social media was the cornerstone of Trump’s successful election campaign.

“Prior to the election it was well known that I have interests in properties all over the world”, Donald Trump tweeted defensively on Monday, amid a flood of stories about the president-elect’s ongoing involvement in his sprawling business empire, and his countless conflicts of interest in dozens of foreign countries.

Voters in 1992 might have tuned into The Arsenio Hall Show to catch Bill Clinton playing the saxophone on TV and making his case for the presidency.

“The symbolism was powerful and all wrong for them”, said Frank Sesno, a former CNN Washington bureau chief and a journalism professor at George Washington University.