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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 …
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Maïa de La Baume / Politico:
France blasts ‘incoherent’ Trump after G7 fiasco — France pledged on Sunday to stand by the G7 summit statement disowned by Donald Trump and took a swipe at the U.S. president by declaring that international cooperation could not depend on “fits of anger” or “little words.”
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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Trump Economic Adviser Ties G-7 Pullout to North Korea Meeting — WASHINGTON — President Trump's top economic adviser said on Sunday that Mr. Trump had pulled out of a joint statement with allies at the Group of 7 meeting over the weekend because a “betrayal” by the Canadian prime minister …
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Business Insider, Reuters and Taylor Marsh
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Goes to War Against the Democracies — “He's like Heath Ledger's Joker—but without the operational excellence.” That was the grim after-action assessment of one senior G7 official with whom I spoke in the shocked aftermath of President Donald Trump's savage post-summit tweets.
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The Moderate Voice, The Mahablog, The Guardian, NBC News, Japan Times, Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Post
Associated Press:
White House takes up fight against ‘back-stabbing’ Trudeau — QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Bashing the leader of one of America's venerable allies, the White House escalated its trade tirade and leveled more withering and unprecedented criticism Sunday against Canada's prime minister …
Sky News:
Merkel labels Trump behaviour ‘a bit depressing’ as G7 agreement lies in tatters — Angela Merkel has labelled Donald Trump's use of Twitter to withdraw from a G7 communique on trade “sobering and a bit depressing”. — The German chancellor used an interview with ARD to confirm the EU …
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Mediaite
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump's top economic aide on Trudeau: ‘It was a betrayal’
Trump's top economic aide on Trudeau: ‘It was a betrayal’
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New York Times, Talking Points Memo, CBC News, New Republic, Hullabaloo, KTLA, IJR, Politico, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Jamie Dupree - AJC, The Week, Townhall, National Observer, WSVN-TV and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider's Guide to Trump's Tactics
The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider's Guide to Trump's Tactics
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Raw Story
Deutsche Welle / DW.COM:
Chancellor Angela Merkel: Trump's rejection of G7 communique ‘sobering’ and ‘depressing’
Chancellor Angela Merkel: Trump's rejection of G7 communique ‘sobering’ and ‘depressing’
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Politico
Steve LeVine / Axios:
Why Xi and Putin think “the West is in free fall”
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Peter Navarro says 'there's a special place in hell' for Justin Trudeau
Peter Navarro says 'there's a special place in hell' for Justin Trudeau
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Toronto Star, The Gateway Pundit, Mother Jones, TMZ.com, The Week, Daily Kos, Mediaite and Deadline
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
After Trump's G-7 summit fiasco, be afraid
After Trump's G-7 summit fiasco, be afraid
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Fox News, Power Line, Splinter and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Gregg Re / Fox News:
There's a ‘special place in hell’ for Trudeau after his G7 ‘stunt,’ top WH Trade Adviser Peter Navarro says
There's a ‘special place in hell’ for Trudeau after his G7 ‘stunt,’ top WH Trade Adviser Peter Navarro says
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ABC News, Globe and Mail, Sputnik International, Mediaite, National Observer, NPR, The Last Tradition, Splinter and The Daily Caller
Axios:
Kudlow: Trump's G7 decision was a show of strength before Kim summit
Kudlow: Trump's G7 decision was a show of strength before Kim summit
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One America News Network and Breitbart
Ellen Cranley / Business Insider:
White House trade council director says 'there's a special place in hell' for Justin Trudeau
White House trade council director says 'there's a special place in hell' for Justin Trudeau
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Vox, New York Times, RedState, CNN and Little Green Footballs
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 …
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Washington Monthly, Axios, twitchy.com, Raw Story, Political Wire and Mediaite
Axios:
Scoop: Trump's deal-of-the-decade North Korea plan — President Trump will confront Kim Jong-un using “a strategy to impress as well as intimidate” — and is open to planting a U.S. embassy in North Korea. — The big picture: U.S. officials involved in the summit preparations …
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One America News Network, ThinkProgress, Politico, The White House, Power Line, PJ Media Home, Raw Story and Washington Post
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Fox & Friends host slips: Trump's North Korea summit is a ‘historic meeting between two dictators’
Fox & Friends host slips: Trump's North Korea summit is a ‘historic meeting between two dictators’
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HuffPost, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Shareblue Media, Mashable and Grabien News
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Trump-Kim summit: What it would take to move forward
Trump-Kim summit: What it would take to move forward
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Foreign Policy, Axios, Townhall and Washington Post
Foster Klug / Associated Press:
Isolated Kim takes big gamble leaving home for Trump summit
Isolated Kim takes big gamble leaving home for Trump summit
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Politico
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran, spurned by US, angrily watches Trump-North Korea talks
Iran, spurned by US, angrily watches Trump-North Korea talks
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Washington Times
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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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and BBC
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Debacle in Quebec
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Mitt Romney Wants In Again. There Is One Catch. — His wife said they were done with campaigns. But after two high-profile losses on the national stage, a Senate bid was too good to pass up, even if it means dealing with Donald Trump. — COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah — Mitt Romney never could resist a race.
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Drew Costley / San Francisco Chronicle:
Jogger dismantles Lake Merritt homeless man's encampment, throws some of it into lake — A video shows a jogger dismantling a homeless man's encampment at Lake Merritt and some of the witnesses say he threw some of the items into the lake. — A jogger dramatically dismantled …
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 …
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BBC
New York Times:
‘Drama, Action, Emotional Power’: As Exhausted Aides Eye the Exits, Trump Is Re-Energized — WASHINGTON — President Trump has gone overseas to embark on some of the most consequential diplomatic negotiations of his tenure, threatening an all-out trade war with allies and seizing a chance to make peace with a nuclear-armed menace.
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
How a Journalist Kept Russia's Secret Links to Brexit Under Wraps … LONDON—The extent of Russia's interference in the 2016 votes for Trump and Brexit has been investigated by intelligence agencies, congressional and parliamentary inquiries, the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller's office for more than a year.
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Kansas City Star:
Behind the scenes of Eric Greitens' decision to resign. ‘No one saw it coming.’ — Missouri state lawmakers investigating Gov. Eric Greitens had just finished another marathon public hearing on May 29 when House Speaker Todd Richardson unexpectedly summoned them to his office.
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
BuzzFeed editor: DOJ wants focus on reporter's ‘personal life’ in leak case, rather than seizing records — Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed, said the Justice Department is hoping the public will focus on the personal life of a reporter he previously employed rather than on the FBI secretly seizing …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
New York Times reporter broke the biggest rule in journalism
New York Times reporter broke the biggest rule in journalism
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New York Times and USA Today, more at Mediagazer »
Liz Goodwin / BostonGlobe.com:
Down on the border, a new trail of tears — McALLEN, Texas — Every night before bed, Wil, who is 6 years old, says his prayers and then kisses two printed-out photos of his mom and dad that are taped on the wall by his bed goodnight. — A few hours later, he's likely to wander …