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8:35 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, Bustle, POLITICUSUSA, WEEK-TV and Vox
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 …
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.
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.
Axios:
Trump officials embarrassed by Putin show  —  President Trump sucking up to Vladamir Putin after the summit in Helsinki yesterday was such an unbelievable, indelible moment that many deflated White House officials didn't even bother to defend or explain it.  —  Between the lines …
Discussion: Political Wire and Washington Post
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 …
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
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Trump's Appeasement Summit with Putin  —  For decades, American historians have viewed the summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, in 1961, as the worst ever between Washington and Moscow.  Kennedy described the encounter, in Vienna …
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
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Republican Party Is Now the Blame America Party … At some point in the last week or so, “Make America Great Again” became “Blame America First.”  —  What we saw on Monday from Helsinki is why conservatives (like me) can't back Trump—even with two Supreme Court picks.
Discussion: CNN, New York Times and Washington Post
mccain.senate.gov:
SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING
Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Putin's view triumphs in Helsinki as Trump questions U.S. intelligence
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Helsinki Disgrace
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
If you work for Trump, quit now
LoveBreedsAccountability:
After Trump-Putin Summit, The Pearl-Clutching Media Is A Laughingstock
Discussion: National Review
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Why Trump doesn't admit Russian election interference
Axios:
Trump's Helsinki humiliation
John Harwood / CNBC:   Trump pushed his personal agenda, not the national interest, at Putin summit
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen / Just Security:   Helsinki Summit: A Time for Choosing—Three observations by former senior CIA officer
Politico:
Putin's Attack on the U.S. Is Our Pearl Harbor
Discussion: New York Daily News
Charles J. Sykes / Weekly Standard:
A New Servility  —  Donald Trump's atrocious performance …
New York Times:
Who Is Bill Browder, Kremlin Foe Singled Out in Putin's Offer?
Discussion: HuffPost
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Putin, in Fox News interview, denies having dirt on Trump, calls meddling charge ‘utterly ridiculous’
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:   Trump and Putin vs. America
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump replaces national pride with personal vanity
Discussion: CBS News, New York Times and Mediaite
Manu Raju / CNN:
In rebuke to Trump, senators may vote to side with US intel community
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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.
David Morgan / Reuters:
U.S. Treasury moves to protect identities of ‘dark money’ political donors  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury said on Monday that it will no longer require certain tax-exempt organizations including politically active nonprofit groups, such as the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood …
Discussion: Axios
PRRI:
American Democracy in Crisis: The Challenges of Voter Knowledge, Participation, and Polarization  —  The Direction of the Country  —  Despite a strong economy, Americans remain relatively pessimistic in their outlook on the direction of the country.  Nearly two-thirds (64%) …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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