memeorandum: Trump's surprise G-7 pitch: ‘We should at least consider no tariffs’ (David M. Herszenhorn/Politico)

12:05 PM ET, June 9, 2018

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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:

Trump hits the world stage, Day 1: Come late, leave early, offend host, alienate allies — The president made quite an impression at the G-7 meeting in Canada on Friday. Saturday he departs to Singapore for his summit with Kim Jong Un. — QUEBEC CITY — The world is getting a good look …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Sputnik International, HuffPost, CBS News, RedState, New York Times and Sean Hannity

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Why Trump lit the fire — The biggest key to understanding Trump's dogmatism on trade is that even as he switched political parties and changed his views on issue after issue, his one consistent stance over 40 years is that other countries are “ripping off the United States” in trade deals, as he put it in 1987.

David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:

Trump's surprise G-7 pitch: ‘We should at least consider no tariffs’ — LA MALBAIE, Quebec — President Donald Trump on Friday floated the idea of ending all tariffs and trade barriers between the U.S. and its G-7 allies — an unexpected pitch that comes amid a tit-for-tat trade war Trump recently launched.

Discussion: Breitbart, Politico, Political Wire and NBC News

Washington Post:

Trump at G-7 floats end to all tariffs, threatens major penalties for countries that don't agree — QUEBEC CITY - President Trump told foreign leaders at the Group of Seven summit that they must dramatically reduce trade barriers with the United States or they would risk losing access …

Associated Press:

Trump delivers warning on trade as he leaves G-7 summit — LA MALBAIE, Quebec (AP) — President Donald Trump delivered a stern warning on trade to foreign countries at the Group of Seven summit on Saturday, advising trading partners not to retaliate against U.S. tariffs on the imports of steel and aluminum.

Washington Post:
An open letter on trade: The facts speak for themselves

Discussion: Politico

Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times:

Singapore preps for Trump-Kim summit with fresh paint and arrests … Throw on a fresh coat of paint and refresh the tile grout. Install security cameras, start closing streets and putting up security checkpoints. And by all means, keep hordes of pesky reporters away.

Kathryn Watson / CBS News:

Trump calls summit a “one-time shot” for Kim Jong Un, warns ally nations on trade — As tensions with U.S. allies over trade flare, President Trump kicked off the second day of the G-7 summit in Canada in a similar fashion to how he arrived the day before: late.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Daniel Lippman / Politico:

Playbook: Trump takes on the G7 — DRIVING THE DAY — G7 UPDATE ... FROM ANDREW BEATTY OF AFP, TODAY'S POOLER: “Around 8:15 the pool was led into the equality breakfast where the leaders were sat around a large oval table. — “There was an empty chair where POTUS was meant to be.

Discussion: BuzzFeed

Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
In Trump, some fear the end of the world order

Discussion: Raw Story

Gi-Wook Shin / Axios:
A denuclearization deal will not end the North Korea problem

Discussion: Politico, Yonhap News Agency, Breitbart and One America News Network

Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un's Nuclear Summit and the Bid for History

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Dick Thornburgh / Washington Post:

We Republicans must all speak out to protect the Mueller investigation — Dick Thornburgh was U.S. attorney general from 1988 to 1991. — As a lifelong Republican, I am proud that my party has consistently revered the rule of law as a central tenet of our country's values.

Nick Miroff / Washington Post:

A family was separated at the border, and this distraught father took his own life — A Honduran father separated from his wife and child suffered a breakdown at a Texas jail and killed himself in a padded cell last month, according to Border Patrol agents and an incident report filed by sheriff's deputies.

Discussion: Political Wire

Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:

The Critic Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral Remembers How Anthony Bourdain Spoke Up For Her — In 2012, then-88-year-old Marilyn Hagerty of Grand Forks, North Dakota, wrote arguably the most viral restaurant review ever written. It was for Olive Garden.

Helen Rosner / New Yorker:
Anthony Bourdain and the Power of Telling the Truth

Discussion: The Nation, CNN, CBS New York, WSVN-TV, NBC News, The Blast and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Mediagazer »

Joshua Keating / Slate:
The Unlikely Ambassador — Anthony Bourdain very nearly ate …

Discussion: New York Times, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Mary Sue

Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Anthony Bourdain's ‘Kitchen Confidential’ becomes Amazon top seller

Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and NBC News

Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:

DNC panel adopts rule requiring candidates to run, serve as a Democrat — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) adopted a new rule on Friday aimed at keeping outsider candidates like Sen. Bernie Sanders — (I-Vt.) from trying to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

Discussion: Politico and The Week

Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
With an eye on Bernie Sanders, the Democratic National Committee adopts new restrictions …

Discussion: Common Dreams

Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:

Iran Admits To Facilitating 9/11 Terror Attacks — Top Iranian official admits for first time Iran aided al Qaeda terrorists — Iranian officials, in a first, have admitted to facilitating the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. by secretly aiding the free travel of al Qaeda operatives …

Discussion: The Mahablog, Power Line, Jihad Watch, TheBlaze, Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit and RedState

Hanna Bogorowski / The Daily Caller:
Iran Facilitated Passage Of 9/11 Attackers, Iranian Politician Says

Discussion: Townhall

english.alarabiya.net:
WATCH: In first, Iran admits to facilitating passage of al-Qaeda's 9/11 attackers

Discussion: Breitbart

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Press Groups Criticize the Seizing of a Times Reporter's Records — The revelation that federal prosecutors seized years' worth of email and phone records from a New York Times reporter drew criticism on Friday from news organizations and press rights groups, which expressed outrage …

Discussion: Splinter, National Review, Techdirt, VICE News, twitchy.com, Townhall, NBC News and The Intercept, more at Mediagazer »

Washington Post:
In charging Senate staffer and seizing reporter's records, Justice Dept. ignites debate over leak crackdown

Discussion: Vox, The Daily Signal and Chicago Tribune

Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Ali Watkins' past tweets come back to haunt NYT reporter amid leak case

Discussion: Power Line, Conservative News Today, LifeZette and twitchy.com

Chuck Goudie / abc7chicago.com:

Ex-Trump aide George Papadopoulos, wife: from “paradise to hell” — The wife of Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying about his Russian contacts, has offered a detailed accounting of her intriguing relationship with the Chicagoan now at the core of a political firestorm.

Discussion: Raw Story

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans deny evidence Russia meddled while Trump invites Putin to rejoin G-7

Discussion: Washington Press and Shakesville

John Harwood / CNBC: Trump is helping Putin with a key goal when he spurns US allies

CNN:
Trump says Russia should be reinstated in group of leading industrialized nations

Discussion: mccain.senate.gov, Washington Press, Raw Story, Shareblue Media, Weekly Standard, ThinkProgress, The Root and TheBlaze

Shilpa Jamkhandikar / Reuters:

ABC apologizes for Hindu terror plot in Quantico after online backlash — MUMBAI (Reuters) - U.S. television studio ABC has apologies to Indian fans of its crime drama “Quantico” after an episode featuring Indian nationalists trying to frame Pakistan in a terrorist plot sparked online outrage …

Discussion: twitchy.com and Daily Wire

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:

Forget Rudy: Here are Trump's fiercest defenders — Trump chose not to hire lawyers Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing, but they are ‘playing the role of lawyers’ on TV, diGenova says. — Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing didn't quite make the cut to become President Donald Trump's attorneys in late March.

Discussion: Raw Story

Michael Kranish / Washington Post:

‘I must be doing something right’: Billionaire George Soros faces renewed attacks with defiance — ZURICH — George Soros, the billionaire investor and liberal donor, sat in his hotel suite by Lake Zurich this week, lamenting the turn much of the world has taken in recent years: “Everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong.”

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Mueller's ‘witch hunt’ snags another witch — On Friday afternoon, the 24th and 25th shoes dropped on Paul Manafort. — Earlier this week, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III filed court documents alleging that Manafort and an unnamed individual had tried to tamper with a potential witness in the case.

Discussion: New York Magazine, National Review, RedState and Eschaton

Ryan Grim / The Intercept:

Joe Crowley Complains His Primary Opponent, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Making This Race “About Race” — On a warm Sunday evening in Queens, New York, Joe Crowley stood before a group of about two dozen Democratic activists and made his case for why he should be returned to Congress for a 10th term.