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9:50 AM ET, August 21, 2019

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Danes furious over postponement of Trump's visit, call his behavior ‘insulting’ — BERLIN — Danish lawmakers on Wednesday reacted in fury to President's Trump's postponement of his two-day visit in early September to Denmark after its prime minister said she was not interested in selling him the autonomous island of Greenland.

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Annie Karni / New York Times:

Trump Scraps Trip to Denmark, as Greenland Is Not for Sale — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday night abruptly canceled a coming trip to Denmark, writing on Twitter that because the country's prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, “would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland,” they would meet “another time.”

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BBC:

Trump cancels Denmark visit amid spat over sale of Greenland — US President Donald Trump has cancelled a state visit to Denmark after the nation's prime minister said Greenland was not for sale to the US. — The president was scheduled to visit on 2 September, at the invitation of Denmark's Queen Margrethe II.

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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:

Trump picked a fight over Greenland with an unlikely target: Denmark's anti-immigration prime minister — The preparations for President Trump's visit were underway. Denmark's national security agency was already working overtime. And the U.S. ambassador to Denmark even spotted a pair …

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Martin Selsoe Sorensen / New York Times:
In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump's Canceled Visit

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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump postpones visit after Denmark rejects Greenland sale

Discussion: Politico, Foreign Policy, RedState, Al Jazeera and Mother Jones

Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump postpones Denmark trip after prime minister declines to sell him Greenland

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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:

Trump's ‘disloyalty’ comment about American Jews who vote Democrat was disgusting and worrisome — President Trump, on a tirade about Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday, claimed that American Jews who voted Democrat were either ill-informed or were exhibiting “great disloyalty.”

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John Wagner / Washington Post:

Trump quotes conspiracy theorist claiming Israelis ‘love him like he is the second coming of God’ — President Trump went on Twitter on Wednesday to quote a conservative radio host and known conspiracy theorist who praised him as “the greatest President for Jews” and claimed that Israelis “love him like he is the second coming of God.”

Amir Tibon Washignton / Haaretz:
Jews Who Vote Democrat Are Disloyal or Ignorant, Trump Says

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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Donald Trump Is Bad for the Jews

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Annie Grayer / CNN:
Bernie Sanders jabs Trump over comments about Jewish loyalty

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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Accuses Jewish Democrats of ‘Great Disloyalty’

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Jacob Kornbluh / Jewish Insider:
Jewish groups react to Trump's latest comments on American Jewish voters

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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
How the Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process Became a Farce

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Washington Post:
Trump says any Jewish people who vote for Democrats are showing ‘great disloyalty’ or ‘lack of knowledge’

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Batya Ungar-Sargon / The Forward:
This Week Proves It: Politicians Won't Call Out Anti-Semitism On Their Own Side

Discussion: Washington Post, Jewish Insider, Algemeiner.com and JNS.org

Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:

Trump's Phone Calls With Wayne LaPierre Reveal NRA's Influence — Three days after a pair of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas that left 31 people dead, President Donald Trump was preoccupied with visions of a Rose Garden ceremony. — His daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka Trump …

Nancy Cook / Politico:

Trump team braces GOP donors for a potential ‘moderate and short’ recession — In public, President Donald Trump and top White House officials keep extolling the strength of the U.S. economy. In private, they're increasingly worrying about a global economic slowdown triggering a U.S. recession …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Common Dreams and Breitbart

CNN:
Trump cements stance on wide-ranging background checks in call with NRA boss

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The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells NRA's Wayne LaPierre Universal Background Checks Are Off the Table: Report

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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump seems to backtrack on gun control, warns of ‘slippery slope’

Discussion: Townhall, New York Times, Axios and Political Wire

Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:

Elizabeth Warren just met her look-alike at a rally. Can you tell them apart? — No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. — One of the women pictured above is Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the 70-year-old Massachusetts Democrat with presidential aspirations.

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Hannah Sayle / Star Tribune:
Elizabeth Warren meets her lookalike at Minnesota rally: ‘We need to talk!’

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Good Morning America:

‘Dancing With the Stars’ 2019: Hannah B, Karamo and more to compete on new season — The celebrities who will battle it out this year on the dancefloor were revealed on “GMA.”

Washington Post:

Trump critics eye GOP primary race, even if defeating him seems ‘preposterous’ — Joe Walsh, a pugnacious former congressman, is preparing a Republican primary challenge to President Trump that he previewed as a daily “bar fight” with the incumbent over his morality and competency.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Salt Lake Tribune and Breitbart

HuffPost:

Trump Inflating Scottish Golf Resorts' Value By $165 Million, Per UK Filings — The president told British authorities the properties are a combined $65 million in the red. His U.S. disclosures say they're worth at least $100 million. — WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump …

Discussion: The Week

Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:

Tucker Carlson's Fox News Show Loses More Advertisers — In keeping with a monthslong trend, the exodus of advertisers from Tucker Carlson's prime-time Fox News program continued this month. — Over the last year, dozens of advertisers, including Pacific Life, Farmers Insurance and SodaStream …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »

Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:

Trump Administration Launches Most Brazen Attack on Protections for Young Migrants — The termination of the Flores Agreement would be President Trump's most aggressive attempt to circumvent protections for undocumented kids since his family separation policy.

Discussion: Fox News, Common Dreams and The Daily Caller

Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
Trump administration to roll out plan for longer-term detention of migrant families

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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Customs and Border Protection press secretary Katharine Gorka departs after two months on the job

Discussion: CNN

John Solomon / The Hill:

10 declassified Russia collusion revelations that could rock Washington this fall — Behind the scenes, some major events were set in motion last autumn that could soon change the tenor in Washington, at least as it relates to the debunked Russia collusion narrative that distracted America for nearly three years.

Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit

Ali Watkins / New York Times:

Man Arrested With 17 Guns, Grenade Launcher and Nazi Paraphernalia — The arrest in New Jersey comes amid a spate of mass shootings as officials grapple with a rising white supremacist threat. — Had Joseph Rubino not wrecked his car, he might still be living with a house full of guns in New Jersey.

David Ovalle / Miami Herald:

Jeffrey Epstein lawsuits offer sordid details, including sex while on work release — While serving a lenient jail sentence in Palm Beach County, wealthy financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was allowed to leave jail for “work release” — at an office at his own organization, the Florida Science Foundation.

Discussion: BizPac Review, Hot Air, Fox News and Mediaite

Alisa Wiersema / ABC News:

Nearly a year after John McCain's death, Cindy McCain says no one in the GOP carries ‘voice of reason’ — Nearly a year after her husband's death, Cindy McCain said the current Republican Party is “not the party of Abraham Lincoln ... nor the party of Ronald Reagan.”

Discussion: Political Wire

Grace Sparks / CNN:

CNN Poll: Public's view on the economy dips for the first time in Trump's presidency — (CNN)Almost two-thirds of Americans (65%) say current economic conditions are good, but that's down since May, representing the first significant decline in public perception of the economy during Donald …

Discussion: Political Wire

Quint Forgey / Politico:

Sean Spicer to compete on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ — Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer will compete in the upcoming season of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC. — The network announced the latest celebrity lineup for the popular reality television dance show Wednesday morning on “Good Morning America.”

Discussion: Political Wire