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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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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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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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
Sky News:
Merkel labels Trump behaviour ‘a bit depressing’ as G7 agreement lies in tatters
Merkel labels Trump behaviour ‘a bit depressing’ as G7 agreement lies in tatters
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Washington Post:
Trump accuses Canadian leader of being ‘dishonest’ and ‘weak’
Trump accuses Canadian leader of being ‘dishonest’ and ‘weak’
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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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Power Line, Splinter, The Daily Caller and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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
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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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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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Trump Economic Adviser Ties G-7 Pullout to North Korea Meeting
Trump Economic Adviser Ties G-7 Pullout to North Korea Meeting
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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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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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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.
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 …
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Political Wire
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Fox & Friends host slips: Trump's North Korea summit is a ‘historic meeting between two dictators’ — Abby Hunstman, host of the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends, on Sunday said that summit between North Korea leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump is a meeting between “two dictators.”
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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
Axios:
Scoop: Trump's deal-of-the-decade North Korea plan
Scoop: Trump's deal-of-the-decade North Korea plan
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Politico, One America News Network, ThinkProgress, PJ Media Home and Washington Post
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 Mediaite
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.
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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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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 and POLITICUSUSA
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.
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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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 …
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 …