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7:35 AM ET, June 11, 2018

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Escalating Clash With Canada, Trump Is Isolated Before North Korea Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated a bitter clash with some of America's closest allies on Sunday, lashing out through his advisers at Canada's prime minister in unusually personal terms and leaving himself …
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New York Times:
Trump's ‘Bully’ Attack on Trudeau Outrages Canadians  —  MONTREAL — Canadians have had enough.  —  It takes a lot to rile people in this decidedly courteous nation.  But after President Trump's parting shots against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the day he left the Group of 7 summit meeting in Quebec …
Discussion: New Republic, CNN, POLITICUSUSA and RedState
Selena Ross / Washington Post:
Trudeau takes his turn as Trump's principal antagonist, and Canadians rally around him  —  MONTREAL — Before he was elected Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau faced a consistent type of criticism from his opponents: he was too young and too eager to please, conservatives said.
Discussion: CBC News, Splinter and The Mahablog
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Navarro: ‘Special place in hell’ for Trudeau  —  White House trade adviser Peter Navarro lit into Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday, saying there's a “special place in hell” for a world leader who double crosses President Donald Trump.  —  “There's a special place in hell …
Wall Street Journal:
The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider's Guide to Trump's Tactics  —  An examination of key foreign-policy moments from the president's first 16 months reveals the traits he brings to bear in international dealings  —  Donald Trump is scheduled to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Tuesday …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Tonda MacCharles / Toronto Star:
What led to Trump's outburst against Trudeau: Behind the scenes at the G7  —  QUEBEC CITY—U.S. President Donald Trump greeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warmly Friday morning as he arrived at the G7.  —  Although he'd tweeted grumpily the night before that Trudeau was “so indignant” …
Discussion: NPR
Maïa de La Baume / Politico:
France blasts ‘incoherent’ Trump after G7 fiasco
Washington Post:
Trump accuses Canadian leader of being ‘dishonest’ and ‘weak’
Sky News:
Merkel labels Trump behaviour ‘a bit depressing’ as G7 agreement lies in tatters
Discussion: The Atlantic and Mediaite
Associated Press:   White House takes up fight against ‘back-stabbing’ Trudeau
Deutsche Welle / DW.COM:
Chancellor Angela Merkel: Trump's rejection of G7 communique ‘sobering’ and ‘depressing’
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
After Trump's G-7 summit fiasco, be afraid
Discussion: Fox News, Power Line, Politico and Splinter
Annie Karni / Politico:
Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together  —  The president's ‘unofficial filing system’ involves tearing up documents into pieces, even when they're supposed to be preserved.  —  Solomon Lartey spent the first five months of the Trump administration working in the Old Executive Office Building …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
U.S. won't bring up North Korea's human rights issues at Singapore summit  —  WASHINGTON — Wounded from torture and starving, Grace Jo's father died on a train heading to a North Korean prison camp, a fellow inmate told his family.  His crime: illegally possessing a bag of rice during the 1990s famine.
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Digital Chosunilbo:
Kim Jong-un's Flight to Singapore a Precision Maneuver  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's flight to Singapore was a tightly planned maneuver using a decoy to throw attackers off the scent.  Three planes took off in North Korea at about an hour's interval on Sunday — an IL-76 …
Washington Post:   With smiles and a handshake, Trump and Kim could mask gulf on nuclear arms
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran, spurned by US, angrily watches Trump-North Korea talks
Discussion: Washington Times
Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Kim Jong Un Gird for High-Stakes Summit in Singapore
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Trump-Kim summit: What it would take to move forward
Discussion: Foreign Policy, Axios, Mediaite and Townhall
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Mark Sanford running scared in Trump-fueled primary  —  A last-minute barrage of commercials from Sanford — a notoriously frugal figure who hasn't spent money on TV advertising in five years — is a sure sign he's under duress.  —  MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — GOP Rep. Mark Sanford has spent …
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Facebook “embeds,” Russia and the Trump campaign's secret weapon  —  Brad Parscale, digital director for Trump's campaign, was a critical factor in the president's election.  Now questions surround how he did it  —  Tonight you will hear from the man President Donald Trump appointed as his 2020 re-election campaign manager.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
British campaigners file US lawsuit against firms controlled by Arron Banks  —  A British public interest group has filed a lawsuit in a Mississippi court against two companies controlled by Arron Banks, the pro-Brexit donor, following allegations that the firms may have violated UK data protection rules …
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Ex-NFL player was house hunting when neighbor called police, rep says  —  An ex-NFL player was house hunting for his mother-in-law in southern California when he was arrested on suspicion of burglary after a neighbor called police, authorities and the former tight end's representative said.
Discussion: ProFootballTalk and The Root
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Trump Tries to Destroy the West  —  The alliance between the United States and Western Europe has accomplished great things.  It won two world wars in the first half of the 20th century.  Then it expanded to include its former enemies and went on to win the Cold War, help spread democracy …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Debacle in Quebec
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump tells Macron the EU is “worse” than China  —  When French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington, he and President Trump had a tough conversation about trade that foreshadowed the breakdown of transatlantic relations at the G7 summit.  —  What happened: In their bilateral meeting …
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA and BBC
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
New Russian Media Venture Wants to Wage ‘Information War’ in Washington, D.C. … A Russian government adviser who aims to wage “information war” in the U.S. and Europe is running a new media venture blocks from the White House that cybersecurity experts say has ties to the country's infamous disinformation apparatus.
Gabriela Galindo / Politico:
Italian mayors rebel against Salvini's order to block migrant ship  —  A number of mayors across southern Italy are pushing back against Matteo Salvini's decision Sunday to close off the country's ports to a rescue ship carrying more than 600 migrants.  —  Salvini — Italy's new interior minister …
Linda Massarella / New York Post:
Cynthia Nixon skips Puerto Rican Day Parade  —  Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Cynthia Nixon blamed rival Gov. Cuomo for causing woes in Puerto Rico - but then she skipped Sunday's Puerto Rico Day Parade in Manhattan, instead traveling to Rochester to campaign.
 
 
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