Ms. Conway quickly dialed Mr. Trump, as well as Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and confidant, seeking reassurance that the headline was wrong. “When he’s upset with someone, they know it,” Ms. Conway said in a telephone interview late Monday afternoon. Amid reports of intense closed-door deliberations over who should be secretary of state, Ms. Conway had seemed intent on committing a heretical political act by an aide: boxing in her boss. Ms. Conway has a direct line to Mr. Trump, and she has said that he is supportive of seeing her on television. Ms. Conway said on Monday that she had spoken with Mr. Trump a number of times over the weekend, on a range of topics.

Source: New York Times November 29, 2016 02:03 UTC