memeorandum: AJC Comparative Surveys of Israeli, U.S. Jews Show Some Serious Divisions (AJC)

1:15 AM ET, June 11, 2018

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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 …

Discussion: One America News Network, Politico, The Daily Caller, The Hill, New Republic, Breitbart, Talking Points Memo, Daily Caller News Foundation, ThinkProgress, The Week and RedState

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 …

Discussion: Fox News, Vox, RedState, Montreal Gazette and The Daily Beast

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: Splinter

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: CNN, POLITICUSUSA and Daily Caller News Foundation

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, BBC and Mediaite

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.”

Discussion: Shareblue Media, Talking Points Memo, Splinter, Palmer Report, Sommet du G7, Reuters, The Guardian and TheBlaze

Wall Street Journal:
The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider's Guide to Trump's Tactics

Discussion: Raw Story

Sky News:
Merkel labels Trump behaviour ‘a bit depressing’ as G7 agreement lies in tatters

Discussion: Mediaite

Associated Press: White House takes up fight against ‘back-stabbing’ Trudeau

Washington Post:
Trump accuses Canadian leader of being ‘dishonest’ and ‘weak’

Discussion: BBC, The American Conservative and The Guardian

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
After Trump's G-7 summit fiasco, be afraid

Discussion: Power Line, Splinter and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Trump Economic Adviser Ties G-7 Pullout to North Korea Meeting

Discussion: Business Insider, Reuters, Taylor Marsh and Little Green Footballs

David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Goes to War Against the Democracies

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Guardian, The Mahablog, Japan Times, NBC News, Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Post

Deutsche Welle / DW.COM:
Chancellor Angela Merkel: Trump's rejection of G7 communique ‘sobering’ and ‘depressing’

Discussion: Politico

Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump's top economic aide on Trudeau: ‘It was a betrayal’

Discussion: Axios, EURACTIV.com, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Hullabaloo, KTLA, IJR, Politico, Sputnik International, CBC News, New York Magazine, The Week, New Republic, The Atlantic, Jamie Dupree - AJC, ThinkProgress and Townhall

Eli Watkins / CNN:
Peter Navarro says 'there's a special place in hell' for Justin Trudeau

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Toronto Star, Mediaite, TMZ.com, The Gateway Pundit, Mother Jones, The Week and Daily Kos

Gregg Re / Fox News:
There's a ‘special place in hell’ for Trudeau after his G7 ‘stunt,’ top WH Trade Adviser Peter Navarro says

Discussion: ABC News, Globe and Mail, POLITICUSUSA, Sputnik International, The Last Tradition, Business Insider, National Observer, NPR, The Daily Caller 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 …

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, The Week, twitchy.com, Raw Story, Washington Monthly, Mediaite, Axios and fox13now.com

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 …

Discussion: Politico, One America News Network, ThinkProgress, PJ Media Home and Washington Post

David Edwards / Raw Story:
Fox & Friends host slips: Trump's North Korea summit is a ‘historic meeting between two dictators’

Discussion: HuffPost, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Shareblue Media, Mashable and Grabien News

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, Townhall and Mediaite

Eric Talmadge / Associated Press: Business as usual in North Korea as public unaware of summit

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 …

Discussion: Political Wire

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.

Discussion: Instapundit, Politico, Axios and twitchy.com

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.

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: BBC and POLITICUSUSA

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.

Discussion: The Straits Times, 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 …

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story and Splinter

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.