Trump's New York Times interview is back on

US President-elect Donald Trump abruptly reschedules an interview with The New York Times, after canceling it over the “nasty tone” of the paper’s coverage.

In a pair of early morning tweets, Trump said he had called off the interview after “the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last minute,” an account the newspaper disputed.

But a Trump spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, now texts pool reporters: “The meeting is taking place as planned.”

Eileen Murphy, the Times’ vice president for communications, confirms the meeting is back on.

“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.”

— AFP