1.   For almost an hour Wednesday, the two men conferred at Trump Tower in a meeting that was declared off-limits to the press.

2.   The two men conferred, then the first man asked me the name of the television station where I worked.

3.   But the men glumly conferred among themselves.

4.   The two men had conferred Thursday in Uganda with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

5.   The two men conferred for more than two hours at the presidential palace.