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8:10 AM ET, July 17, 2018

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Washington Post:
‘Very much counter to the plan’: Trump defies advisers in embrace of Putin  —  Administration officials had hoped that maybe, just maybe, Monday's summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladmir Putin would end differently — without a freewheeling 46-minute news conference …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Own Team: He ‘Looked Incredibly Weak’ Next to Putin … Donald Trump's much-anticipated meeting with Vladimir Putin on Monday offered him yet another opportunity to defy those who've criticized his coziness with the Russian leader.  —  But on a global stage, Trump didn't just cower …
Discussion: Splinter, POLITICUSUSA, Bustle, WEEK-TV and Vox
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Shows the World He's Putin's Lackey  —  Maybe the president is exactly as compromised as he looks.  —  No matter how low your expectations for the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Monday, it was hard not to be staggered by the American president's slavish and toadying performance.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, who gleefully defies the norms of presidential behavior, went somewhere in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday where none of his predecessors have ever gone: He accepted the explanation …
Douglas Schoen / Fox News:
Putin eats Trump's lunch in Helsinki — This is no way to win against Russia  —  Monday in Helsinki, President Trump left many deeply disappointed in his approach to his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  —  There was nothing inherently wrong with Trump's summit with Putin.
Washington Post:
Trump just colluded with Russia.  Openly.  —  THE ENDURING image of the U.S.-Russia summit in Helsinki on Monday will be that of President Trump standing next to Vladi­mir Putin and suggesting he found Mr. Putin's “powerful” denial at least as persuasive as the U.S. intelligence community's …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump pushed his personal agenda, not the national interest, at Putin summit  — Trump faces political and legal jeopardy from the Justice Department investigation of his 2016 campaign and Russia.  — Against that backdrop, comments that Republican Sen. Ben Sasse called “bizarre” …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
We just watched a U.S. president acting on behalf of a hostile power  —  President Trump habitually calls the press “the enemy of the people” — a loathsome calumny, redolent of dictatorships, that he repeated on Sunday.  In fact, by asking tough questions at Trump's joint news conference …
Discussion: CNN, NewsBusters and HuffPost
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump First Doctrine  —  Putin respects strength but Trump showed weakness.  —  Donald Trump left for Europe a week ago with his reputation enhanced by a strong Supreme Court nomination.  He returned Monday with that reputation diminished after a tumultuous week of indulging what amounts to the Trump First Doctrine.
Discussion: Politico
ODNI Newsroom:
Statement from DNI Coats  —  The role of the Intelligence Community is to provide the best information and fact-based assessments possible for the President and policymakers.  We have been clear in our assessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing …
Axios:
Trump's Helsinki humiliation
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Republican Party Is Now the Blame America Party
Discussion: CNN, New York Times and Washington Post
Axios:
Trump officials embarrassed by Putin show
Discussion: Political Wire and Washington Post
mccain.senate.gov:
SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
If you work for Trump, quit now
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Why Trump doesn't admit Russian election interference
LoveBreedsAccountability:
After Trump-Putin Summit, The Pearl-Clutching Media Is A Laughingstock
Discussion: National Review
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Helsinki Disgrace
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen / Just Security:   Helsinki Summit: A Time for Choosing—Three observations by former senior CIA officer
Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Putin's view triumphs in Helsinki as Trump questions U.S. intelligence
Discussion: Weekly Standard, USA Today and Axios
Politico:
Putin's Attack on the U.S. Is Our Pearl Harbor
Discussion: New York Daily News
New York Times:
Who Is Bill Browder, Kremlin Foe Singled Out in Putin's Offer?
Discussion: HuffPost
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:   Trump and Putin vs. America
Manu Raju / CNN:
In rebuke to Trump, senators may vote to side with US intel community
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump replaces national pride with personal vanity
Discussion: CBS News, New York Times and Mediaite
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Putin, in Fox News interview, denies having dirt on Trump, calls meddling charge ‘utterly ridiculous’
Associated Press:   Wave of condemnation hits Trump after summit with Putin
U.S. Department of Justice:
Russian National Charged in Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of the Russian Federation Within the United States  —  A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within …
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New York Times:
Mariia Butina, Who Sought ‘Back Channel’ Meeting for Trump and Putin, Is Charged as Russian Agent  —  WASHINGTON — A Russian woman who tried to broker a pair of secret meetings between candidate Donald J. Trump and the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, during the 2016 presidential campaign …
Washington Post:
Maria Butina, Russian gun rights advocate, charged in U.S. with acting as Russian Federation agent
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Trump's ‘Missing DNC Server’ Is Neither Missing Nor a Server … Donald Trump turns to right-wing conspiracy theories when he's cornered, and he was cornered on Monday.  Standing feet away from Vladimir Putin at a press conference following their Helsinki tete-a-tete, a reporter challenged Trump …
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Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
Trump's Stupid ‘Where Is the DNC Server?’ Conspiracy Theory, Explained
Discussion: Gizmodo and Washington Post
Beck Dorey-Stein / New York Times:
I Was a White House Stenographer.  Trump Wasn't a Fan.  —  On Friday, at a news conference with Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain a reporter asked President Trump about disparaging comments he had made about her to The Sun newspaper.  He denied ever having said them and declared …
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Legal Experts Say Manafort Could Be Cutting Plea Deal as Judge Suddenly Delays Proceedings  —  The judge overseeing Paul Manafort's federal court case on charges of tax evasion and bank fraud in Virginia delayed proceedings in a surprise move on Monday afternoon.
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
One Country, Two Radically Different Narratives  —  A new poll by The Atlantic and the Public Religion Research Institute finds that Democrats and Republicans have wildly divergent views on core democratic issues, including Russian election interference.  —  The United States is one country …
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Southeast Ohio Republican Party leader resigns over Trump-Putin meeting  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — A county Republican Party chairman from Southeast Ohio resigned on Monday, citing President Donald Trump's meeting earlier in the day with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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