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• Joe Hagin is a deputy chief of staff to the president who has been running point on logistics for the historic face-to-face between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
  
  
• He regularly keeps sensitive information from the commander in chief about summits, reportedly so it doesn't end up on Twitter
  
  
• Also said to vent about the fly-by-the-seat of your pants Trump White House that's not as organized as the Bush administration
  
  
• White House did not deny that he'd made the comparison but said he's not purposefully excluding the president in summit planning 
  
  

The senior official tasked with planning the president's Singapore summit has reportedly been keeping key details about the June 12 meeting from the Twitter-happy president.
According to CNN, Joe Hagin, a deputy chief of staff to the president who has been running point on logistics for the historic face-to-face between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, regularly keeps sensitive information from the commander in chief so it doesn't end up on Twitter.
An incident at the end of 2016 when Trump, then the president-elect, jumped the gun on a deal with Boeing to remake Air Force One led to Hagin's cautiousness, the news network reports.
'Remember Boeing,' he is said to tell colleagues of his process. 


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Joe Hagin, a deputy chief of staff to the president who has been running point on logistics for the historic face-to-face between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, regularly keeps sensitive information from the commander in chief so it doesn't end up on Twitter
Since then Hagin has kept details of major security operations, like the summit last year at Mar-a-Lago between Trump and Xi Jingping, away from the president.

The Boeing blabber caused the cost to build the new fleet of government planes to go up beyond what the company suggested it would offer.
White House officials also told CNN that Hagin, a veteran of the Bush administration, has also been frustrated with the general disarray that accompanies planning in the Trump administration.
They recalled him saying: 'This would never happen in the Bush administration.'
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders did not dispute the characterization of Hagin's feelings to CNN. She noted that Hagin remembers the previous Republican administration 'after they had been there for eight years,' however.
'You're going to go back to your most recent recollection,' she said. 'At the same time, I think it's fair to say that there are plenty of things that have happened that you would say wouldn't have happened in a Bush administration, but I don't think that's necessarily a negative. This is one of the reasons Trump was elected, to do things differently and to change Washington.'

LizzyNY wrote:Way2Old - Evidence of DID? Or just too busy being "Roseanne" the star to treat others with respect?

• Democrats have been outraged since the administration announced a new policy that separates parents and children who enter the U.S. illegally
  
  

President Trump blamed Democrats on Tuesday for border apprehension policies that have broken up families.
The Republican president who has aggressively pursued stricter immigration policies and security reforms designed to tamp down illicit border crossings claimed rules changes that would help families are being blocked by the opposing party.
'Separating families at the Border is the fault of bad legislation passed by the Democrats,' he tweeted. 'Border Security laws should be changed but the Dems can’t get their act together! Started the Wall.'  
Democrats and Republicans have been unable to come to an agreement on an overhaul of the immigration system that Trump can stomach. Attempts on two occasions over the last year to force reforms have failed, and a third push now is off to a sputtering start.  


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President Trump blamed Democrats on Tuesday for border apprehension policies that have broken up families
Members of the president's own party were struggling this week to come up with enough votes in the House of Representatives to allow for a free-flowing discussion on the topic.

After Trump's Tuesday morning tweet, Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley shot back that it was the 'Trump administration’s inhumane policies' that caused thousands of children to be 'ripped from their mothers’ arms.' 
'Outrage is not enough – we must dismantle @realDonaldTrump’s deportation machine,' Crowley tweeted.
Another Democratic congressman, Gerry Connelly, said he intends to fight back with an amendment that would prohibit family separations. 'We must stop this cruel practice,' he stated.
President Donald Trump last week accused Democrats of trying to make him 'look bad' when they tweeted a photo of immigrant children in cages that turned out to be from 2014 - when Barack Obama was president.
'They thought it was recent pictures in order to make us look bad, but backfires,' the president charged in a tweet Tuesday morning. 
The picture, published by the Arizona Republic, shows two children lying on green mats behind a chain-link fence.


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President Trump criticized Democrats for tweeting this photo over the weekend, accusing them of trying to make him 'look bad' on immigration. The picture was taken in 2014, when Barack Obama was president.


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President Trump slammed Democrats on immigration in an early morning tweet Tuesday but White House counselor Kellyanne Conway would not answer the DailyMail.com's question on whether the president was trying to restart DACA talks. 
The picture circulated on social media this weekend and was tweeted by former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau and other liberal activists.
Several people deleted their tweets when the photo was revealed to be four years old. 
Democrats have been outraged since a new policy was announced by the administration earlier this month that separates parents and children who enter the U.S. illegally.
Over the weekend, Trump blamed Democrats for the origins of that policy, asking them to change a 'horrible law' he claimed required children to be separated from parents who enter the country illegally. There is no law specifically requiring that action by the government.
Favreau defended the Obama administration, saying children were held because they were unaccompanied minors who tried to cross the border illegally. 
He tweeted: 'These awful pictures are from 2014, when the government's challenge was reconnecting unaccompanied minors who showed up at the border with family or a safe sponsor.'  

• David and Charles Koch put themselves on collision course with Donald Trump
  
  
• Groups backed by the pair have pledged to oppose the President's trade tariffs 
  
  
• They are now preparing a multi-million dollar campaign championing free trade
  
  
• Trump last week imposed heavy tariffs on foreign aluminium and steel
  
  

The billionaire Koch bothers declared war on Trump's trade tariffs on Monday after the President imposed steep levies on foreign aluminium and steel.
Groups backed by the powerful Republican donors said they will champion free trade with a multimillion-dollar campaign.
The move comes ahead of the November congressional elections when Democrats hope to overturn Republican majorities in both houses of Congress. 


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David (left) and Charles Koch declared war on Trump's tariffs on Monday as groups backed by the pair announced a multi-million dollar campaign to promote free trade
Charles and David Koch made their position clear as Trump pursues aggressive measures against trading partners from China to Canada and U.S. allies in Europe, in line with promises made during his campaign.

An infusion of money into media, grassroots mobilization, lobbying and policy analysis into the domestic debate on free trade could embolden Republican candidates in the November congressional elections to part ways with the President.

• Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, issued a statement condemning President Trump after he cancelled the Eagles' White House reception 
  
  
• The team was due to celebrate their Super Bowl win Tuesday afternoon 
  
  
• Event was called off Monday because less than 10 players planned to attend
  
  
• The president blamed the event's cancellation on the NFL kneeling protests
  
  
• White House said some Eagles players 'disagree with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart' 
  
  

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney branded President Trump a 'fragile egomaniac' after the Commander-in-Chief called off the Eagles' White House reception to celebrate their Super Bowl win. 
Trump called off the White House visit Monday, because several members of the team were planning on skipping the event due to the president's condemnation of the NFL kneeling protests. 
The White House said in a statement that some members of the Super Bowl championship team 'disagree with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart'. 
'The 1,000 fans planning to attend the event deserve better,' the statement said, referring to the small delegation of less than 10 players that the team planned to send.

In a statement issued Monday, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, who is a Democrat, said Trump's decision to cancel the event proves that the 'President is not a true patriot'.        


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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (left) branded President Trump (right) a 'fragile egomaniac' after the Commander-in-Chief called off the Eagles' White House reception to celebrate their Super Bowl win.
'The Eagles call the birthplace of our democracy home, so it’s no surprise that this team embodies everything that makes our country and our city great. 
'Their athletic accomplishments on the field led to an historic victory this year. Fans all across the country rallied behind them because we like to root for the underdog and we feel joy when we see the underdogs finally win. 
'I’m equally proud of the Eagles’ activism off the field. These are players who stand up for the causes they believe in and who contribute in meaningful ways to their community. They represent the diversity of our nation—a nation in which we are free to express our opinions.
'Disinviting them from the White House only proves that our President is not a true patriot, but a fragile egomaniac obsessed with crowd size and afraid of the embarrassment of throwing a party to which no one wants to attend.
'City Hall is always open for a celebration,' Kennedy said. 


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Malcolm Jenkins #27 and Ron Brooks #33 of the Eagles raise their fists in protest during the national anthem before a game last year. The team has been disinvited from the White House
Twisting the knife on Tuesday, the White House replaced the football reception with a patriotic 'Celebration of America,' featuring the U.S. Marine Corps band and the Army Chorus.
'We will proudly be playing the National Anthem and other wonderful music celebrating our Country today at 3 P.M.' Trump tweeted.
'Honoring America! NFL, no escaping to Locker Rooms!'
In a followup message, he pointed out that the Eagles have been the only high-profile team to decline his invitation in large numbers.
'We have had many Championship teams recently at the White House including the Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Penguins, New England Patriots, Alabama and Clemson National Champions, and many others,' he wrote.
'National Anthem & more great music today at 3:00 P.M.'


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Trump announced Tuesday morning that the White house would be holding another celebration instead of the Eagles' reception 


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[size=34]Philadelphia Eagles player protests during the national anthem in 2017[/size]

• The president must answer questions former 'Apprentice' contestant Summer Zervos' team by January 31, 2019
  
  
• Trump's  legal team moved quickly to keep the deposition from becoming part of a wider inquiry on any allegations against the president
  
  
• During the 2016 election, Zervos accused Trump of rubbing his genitals against her in an incident at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2007 
  
  
• He called her allegations 'fiction' and she sued him for defamation
  
  
• A Manhattan judge set a series of deadlines on Tuesday for both sides 
  
  

A judge ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a seven-hour deposition by Jan. 31, 2019, in a defamation case brought by former 'Apprentice' contestant Summer Zervos.
Trump's legal team moved quickly to keep the deposition from becoming part of a wider inquiry on any allegations against the president. 
Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz said he would try to block Zervos from asking the president questions about other women who have alleged they were harassed or sexually assaulted by the president. 
Trump's legal team had tried to get Zervos' defamation lawsuit dismissed or delayed until after his presidency.


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A judge ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a seven-hour deposition by Jan. 31, 2019, in a defamation case


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Former 'Apprentice' contestant Summer Zervos accused Donald Trump of rubbing his genitals against her, which he said was fiction and she then sued for defamation


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Summer Zervos is seen above on The Apprentice in 2006

Emmanuel Macron has said that his phone calls with Donald Trump and other world leaders are just like sausages: better not explain what’s inside.
During a news conference with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Macron was asked about a CNN report on Monday saying that a phone call between the French leader and Trump last week had been “terrible”.


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Borrowing a famous quote from the 19th-century Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck, Macron summed up his policy of refraining from making off-the-record comments about his conversations with other world leaders.
“As Bismarck used to say, if we explained to people how sausages were made, it’s unlikely they’d keep eating them,” Macron told reporters.
“So I like it when people see the finished meal, but I’m not convinced the kitchen commentary helps with delivering the meal or eating it,” Macron added.
A readout from the French presidency of Macron’s call with Trump last week said the 40-year-old president had told Trump that his decision to slap tariffs on the exports of US allies were both “illegal” and a “mistake”.

The shorter White House readout of the same call said the conversation had focused on trade and immigration, without elaborating.
“Macron thought he would be able to speak his mind, based on the relationship. But Trump can’t handle being criticised like that,” CNN quoted an unidentified source as saying. “Just bad. It was terrible.”
Macron, appalled by his predecessor François Hollande’s frequent off-the-record comments to journalists, has kept the press at a distance since his election last year and banned his aides from giving behind-the-scenes accounts of his presidency.
“You can go and ask the people who make comments, but here in Paris we don’t make comments on how it went, or how hot, cold, warm or terrible things are. We just go ahead and do things,” Macron said.
He added that he would have a “useful” and “frank” exchange with Trump at the next G7 summit in Canada on 7-8 June about both issues on which they agree and those where they disagree. 

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• A teacher claims he was forced to leave his job because he refused to call transgender students by their preferred name
  
  
• Indiana man John Kluge, told school officials that doing so would go against his religious beliefs and violate his constitutional rights
  
  
• LGBTQ community advocates say the practice is a sign of respect and isn't about religion or politics
  
  
• Kluge reached a compromise with the school administration that allowed him to refer to all students by their last name the past school year
  
  
• He said administrators informed him a few months ago that he would no longer be allowed
  
  
• Kluge said he enjoyed his time at the school, and hopes the administration will reconsider his termination 
  
  

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Former Brownsburg High School orchestra teacher John Kluge (pictured) said he was forced to resign because he refused to call transgender students by their preferred name
A central Indiana teacher says a school district forced him to resign following a disagreement over a policy that calls for teachers to address transgender students by their preferred name rather than their birth name.
Former Brownsburg High School orchestra teacher John Kluge said the Brownsburg Community Schools policy goes against his religious beliefs and violates his constitutional rights, the Indianapolis Star reported.
'I'm being compelled to encourage students in what I believe is something that's a dangerous lifestyle,' the 28-year-old said. 

'I'm fine to teach students with other beliefs, but the fact that teachers are being compelled to speak a certain way is the scary thing.'
Students must have written consent from a parent and doctor to request the name change, according to district documents.
LGBTQ community advocates say the practice is a sign of respect and isn't about religion or politics.
'This is not a request for advocacy,' said Sam Brinton, head of advocacy and government affairs for The Trevor Project, a national nonprofit focused on suicide prevention in LGBTQ youth. 'This is a request for respect.'
Kluge said he reached a compromise with school administration that allowed him to refer to all students by their last name this past school year. 
He said administrators informed him a few months ago that he would no longer be allowed to do that.


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Brownsburg High School, located in central Indiana, is pictured above. Kluge said he hopes the administration will reconsider his termination
Kluge resigned before the end of the school year, according to a district representative. 
Kluge said he submitted a tentative resignation letter because officials threatened to fire him and that he had requested to withdraw the letter.
'They're acting as if I have (resigned), even though I'm pleading, 'No,'' he said. 'I'm not dead yet. I still want to work here.'
Kluge plans to appeal to the school board to get his job back. He had worked in the district for four years.

• Winkler tweeted he was one of the names left off polling registry on Tuesday 
  
  
• Californians were voting in primaries for governor, US Senate and House races
  
  
• Workers were instructed to offer provisional ballots to every voter left off list
  
  
• Winkler was eventually able to vote and posted a picture with his 'I Voted' sticker 
  
  

 

 

 

 

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The names of more than 118,000 California voters were omitted from Los Angeles County voting rosters because of a printing error, it has been revealed. 
And one of those names was Henry Winkler, better known as 'The Fonz' from Happy Days. 
Winkler tweeted that he was one of the names left off the registry on Tuesday, which prompted confusion throughout polling places.
The names of registered voters are included on lists that poll workers use to record who votes. 


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The names of more than 118,000 California voters were omitted from Los Angeles County voting rosters because of a printing error - including Henry Winkler, better known as The Fonz


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Californians were voting in a primary for the governor race in November, as well as a US House and Senate elections on Tuesday
Californians were voting in a primary for the governor race in November, as well as US House and Senate elections.

Workers were instructed to offer provisional ballots to every voter whose name didn't appear on a list for the primary, according to the county registrar-recorder's office.
The issue affected 118,000 voters and a third of the country's 4,357 polling locations, according to ABC.  
County Registrar Dean Logan apologized for the inconvenience and said provisional ballots would be counted after voters' registrations were confirmed. 
'Our office is committed to ensuring every voter has a positive voting experience on Election Day,' he said Tuesday. 


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Workers were instructed to offer provisional ballots to every voter whose name didn't appear on a list for Tuesday's primary


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Winkler, who shot a campaign ad for Barack Obama in 2008, was able to vote despite the issue and tweeted a picture of himself proudly wearing an 'I Voted' sticker 
'We apologize for the inconvenience and concern this has caused. Voters should be assured their vote will be counted.' 
Winkler, who shot a campaign ad for Barack Obama in 2008, was able to vote despite the issue. 
The Fonz tweeted a picture of himself smiling proudly with an 'I Voted' stick on his shirt.
'Your turn!!!' he wrote in the caption.   
Officials are still working to identify what caused the printing error, which they realized after officials saw that certain data had not been included in the lists.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa called on county officials to keep the polls open longer on Tuesday night after the error was revealed.
'You have the right to vote,' he tweeted. 'If you were turned away, return to your polling place & exercise your right to vote by requesting a provisional ballot.' 


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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa (pictured) called on county officials to keep the polls open longer after the error was revealed


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But Villaraigosa will not appear on the November ballot after Republican John Cox (pictured) secured his spot in the runoff against Gavin Newsom
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• Trump asked Trudeau: 'Didn't you guys burn down the White House?'
  
  
• British troops torched the White House in War of 1812
  
  
• Canada didn't exist for another 55 years - until 1867
  
  
• Trump and Trudeau were on a contentious phone call on tariffs
  
  
• Trudeau and Trump have been engaged in a war of words since the new tariffs were announced last week, sparking fears of an international trade war
  
  

President Donald Trump fumed at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a contentious phone call on the administration's new tariff policy, attacking Canadafor burning down the White House - a feat performed by British troops in the War of 1812.
Canada didn't exist for another 55 years - until 1867 when the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia came together to form the nation. Yet, Trump reportedly quipped to Trudeau during a call, 'Didn't you guys burn down the White House?'
Trudeau had been pressing Trump on how he could justify the new steel and aluminium tariffs as a 'national security' issue, CNN reported.
In response, Trump brought up the War of 1812 when British troops burned down the presidential residence on August 24, 1814. They also looted and set the U.S. Capitol building aflame.

Larry Kudlow, the president's national security chief, told reporters on Wednesday that despite the dispute with Canada over tariffs that 'relations are very good' between the two countries as he blew off a suggestion that the partnership between the U.S. and its northern neighbor is strained.


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President Donald Trump fumed at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a contentious phone call on the administration's new tariff policy, attacking Canada for burning down the White House - a feat performed by British troops in the War of 1812. The two men exchanged an awkward hand shake at a February 2017 meeting 


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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fought back against the White House rational that the tariff policy was for in the best security interest of the United Sates


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A map of the War of 1812 
Kudlow was not asked about and did not directly comment on Trump's remark to Trudeau about the burning down of the White House.
In response to a push to compare the leaders' relationship with that of Trudeau and Barack Obama, though, he said: 'President Trump talks to Prime Minister Trudeau a lot and continues to do so.
'I think the bilateral meeting that's scheduled between the two is a really good thing and I think they'll walk through a lot of these issues,' the senior White House official said of a face-to-face that's set for Friday. 'I have no doubt that the United States and Canada will remain firm friends and allies, whatever short-term disagreements may occur. So I would say relations are very good.' 
The White House press office did not respond to question from DailyMail.com question about whether Trump was joking about the role he suggested that Canada had played in the War of 1812.
When CNN asked its source if the president was joking, the source said: 'To the degree one can ever take what is said as a joke. The impact on Canada and ultimately on workers in the U.S. won't be a laughing matter.' 
Trudeau has vocally slammed Trump's reasoning for his new steel and aluminum tariff policies, saying it is 'insulting and unacceptable' to say Canada is a threat to the United States.
The Canadian prime minister fought back against the White House rational that the tariff policy was for in the best security interest of the United States.
'The idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the United States is quite frankly insulting and unacceptable,' he said on NBC's 'Meet the Press' on Sunday.

• Alice Johnson, 63, ran into the arms of her waiting family after she was freed from prison on Wednesday
  
  
• She had her life sentence commuted by President Donald Trump
  
  
• She was convicted of being part of a drug-smuggling ring - and sources say a dozen or more pardons or commutations could follow  
  
  
• Kim Kardashian made a trip to meet Trump and beg for a pardon for Johnson at an Oval Office meeting 
  
  
• The president is said to be 'obsessed' with his power to issue pardons and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is said to have opposed clemency for Johnson
  
  

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• Theresa May held talks with Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron at G7 summit
  
  
• Six of the G7 -  UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and Japan -  angry at tariffs
  
  
• US leader Donald Trump jetted into Canada for showdown talks with his allies 
  
  
• But he is not holding a bilateral meeting with Theresa May in a major snub  
  
  

Theresa May today rejected calls by Donald Trump for Russia to be allowed back in to the G7 - saying that the world should 'beware' of Vladimir Putin.
The US President made his controversial call ahead of an expected tense showdown with his allies at the summit in Canada today over his steel tariffs. 
The US leader has unleashed a furious tirade against his Western allies for their 'unfair trade' and defended his decision to slap 25 per cent levies on steel. 
Mrs May embarked on a flurry of diplomacy at the meeting - holding bilaterals with Canadian leader Justin Trudeau and French president Emmanuel Macron.  

But in a major blow to the Prime Minister, she is not holding bilateral talks with the US President at the summit. 
Vladimir Putin's state was kicked out of the group after illegally annexing Crimea.
On letting Russia back into the G7, Mrs May said: 'I have always said we should engage with Russia but my phrase is "engage but beware".
'We should remind ourselves why the G8 became the G7, it was because Russia illegally annexed Crimea.
'We have seen malign activity from Russia in a whole variety of ways, of course including on the streets of Salisbury in the UK.
'So we need to say, I think, before any such conversations can take place Russia needs to change its approach.'


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Theresa May and her husband Philip with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie at the G7 summit in Canada.america's steel tariffs and the Iran deal are top of the list for discussions at the meeting


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Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau greets Theresa May at the G7 summit. The two leaders say tey want to build on their close bilateral relationship


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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Theresa May, and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte held talks at the G7 today. They are all united in opposing the US tariffs warning it could plunge the world into a trade war 


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Theresa May (pictured with Emmanuel macron at the G7 summit today) has said she wants the UK to be a champion of free trade


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Donald Trump (pictured meeting Canadian mounties as he arrived in the country for the G7 summit) has warned his allies that they will not be spared from his trade war

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• Trump slammed Trudeau as 'dishonest and weak' on Twitter Saturday after leaving the G7 summit in Quebec 
  
  
• Stunned world leaders by pulling his endorsement for joint communique that traditionally follows every G7 
  
  
• Opened new front on trade dispute with Trudeau after White House said two leaders were 'close to a deal'
  
  
• French presidential official says Trump delivered 'a long, frank rant' on trade in G7 session with world leaders
  
  
• Now Trump is en route to Singapore for historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12
  
  

President Donald Trump has stunned world leaders by rejecting a joint statement that traditionally follows the G7, and has escalated his feud with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by calling him 'dishonest and weak'.
Trump said in a Twitter tirade on Saturday night that he has 'instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique', just hours after all the members came to a consensus in Quebec and signed the summit's 'joint communique'.
The joint communique is a statement of broad goals and principles endorsed by the G7 leaders, and Trump's refusal means that this will be the first year that the annual summit fails to issue one. 
Instead, Canada will likely issue a chair's summary of the meeting listing the major topics of discussion. 

Trump also slammed Trudeau for 'making false statements' and accused him of being 'meek and mild' in their one-on-one meeting on Friday before the Canadian leader came out swinging against the US in a press conference on Saturday.
After the White House on Friday said that Trump's meeting with Trudeau was 'great' and the leaders were 'close to a deal' on trade, Trump's latest counter-punch cast doubt on any hopes for a quick resolution of his mounting tariff disputes with Canada and the European Union, and signaled that Trump is far from backing down.


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President Donald Trump slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as 'dishonest and weak' on Saturday following what the White House called a 'great meeting' between the two leaders on Friday (seen above)


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Trump stunned the G7 by refusing to endorse the summit's traditional joint communique after Trudeau gave a press conference (above) at the end of the talks and criticized Trump's position on trade


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Trudeau toned down his normally whimsical socks on Saturday as he played host to world leaders for the G7

[size=34]THE CHARLEVOIX G7 SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE[/size]

• McCain tweeted on Saturday in reaction to Trump's mounting trade feuds
  
  
• Trump hurled insults at Canadian PM and rejected G7 joint communique
  
  
• Demanded that Canada lower a 270% tariff on US dairy for relief on steel duties 
  
  
• Pew survey does say 56% of Americans agree free trade deals have been good
  
  
• But support is sharply divided on partisan lines, not 'bipartisan' as McCain says 
  
  

John McCain has claimed in a direct appeal to US allies that the majority of Americans are opposed to President Donald Trump's trade policies.
'To our allies: bipartisan majorities of Americans remain pro-free trade, pro-globalization & supportive of alliances based on 70 years of shared values,' the Republican senator from Arizona tweeted on Saturday.
'Americans stand with you, even if our president doesn’t,' McCain continued.
It followed Trump's extraordinary snub of the G7 by refusing to endorse the group's joint communique, and the latest salvo of insults Trump directed at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an escalating trade dispute.





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John McCain (above) claimed in a direct appeal to US allies that the majority of Americans are opposed to President Donald Trump's trade policies


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Trump rained insults upon Canada's prime minister over trade disputes on Saturday and snubbed the G7 by refusing to endorse the group's joint communique this year

• The 87-year-old Holocaust survivor accused the President of being 'willing to destroy the world'
  
  
• Geoge Soros claimed that with the Trump Administration, 'everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong' 
  
  
• Soros plans to spend roughly $15million in the 2018 elections 
  
  
• The billionaire describes Trump as a 'marcissist' who 'considers himself all-powerful'
  
  

Liberal billionaire George Soros blamed the Trump administration for the current woes in society, adding that 'everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong.'
The 87-year-old, who frequently donates to the Clintons, did not mince his words and accused the President of being 'willing to destroy the world.'
'The bigger the danger, the bigger the threat, the more I feel engaged to confront it,' Soros said Thursday in an interview with The Washington Post. 


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Geoge Soros claimed that with the Trump Administration, 'everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong' 


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The 87-year-old Holocaust survivor accused the President of being 'willing to destroy the world'
He had just finished an appearance at the Human Rights Watch conference in Zurich, Switzerland. 

'So in that sense, yes, I redouble my efforts,' he added. 

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Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionRifts between Mr Trump and other G7 leaders appeared to be papered over in the final statement
Diplomacy cannot be dictated by "fits of anger", French President Emmanuel Macron warned after a G7 summit in Canada ended in acrimony.
In tweets, US President Donald Trump described host Justin Trudeau as "dishonest and weak" and retracted his endorsement of the joint communique.
That statement sought to overcome deep disagreements, notably over trade.
Mr Macron's office said France and other EU countries would maintain their support for the final G7 communique.
"Let's be serious and worthy of our people. We make commitments and keep to them," a statement from the French presidency quoted by AFP news agency said.
"International co-operation cannot be dictated by fits of anger and throwaway remarks," it added.
Germany also said it would abide by the communique.

So how did the latest spat unfold?

• UK's May says G7 will act over 'malign' Russia
  
• G7 pledges $3bn for girls' education
  

What is in the joint communique?

• Russia: A joint demand that Moscow "cease with its destabilising behaviour" and to withdraw its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
  
• Iran: A pledge to "permanently" ensure Tehran's nuclear programme remains peaceful
  
• Climate: An agreement to disagree. The US refused to sign a pledge to implement the Paris climate change accord after Mr Trump announced the US would pull out of the agreement
  

What are the tariffs?

• A looming row over trade
  
• What is a trade war?
  
• How allies are retaliating against Trump
  

What is the G7?

• White advisers went on the attack against Canadian PM Justin Trudeau 
  
  
• Larry Kudlow blamed Canadian PM Trudeau for the U.S. pulling out of the G7 communique, saying America was 'betrayed'
  
  
• Kudlow: Trump 'is not gonna let a Canadian prime minister push him around'
  
  
• Kudlow: 'He can't put Trump in a position of being weak going into the North Korean talks. He can't do that. And by the way, President Trump is not weak' 
  
  
• Kudlow said Trump was 'charming' and acted in 'good faith' 
  
  
• Peter Navarro said there is a 'special place in hell' for Trudeau 
  
  
• Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland responded, saying that Canada doesn't find attacks 'appropriate or useful'
  
  
• The White House is angry about a press conference Trudeau gave after the G7 summit where he slammed America for raising tariffs on steel
  
  
• Trudeau has hammered Trump on tariffs since they were announced last week 
  
  

The White House escalated the war of words against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday as top advisers to President Donald Trump said there was a 'special place in hell' for the traitor who 'stabbed us in the back' with a 'cheap' and 'sophomoric' stunt designed to make Trump look weak ahead of his meeting with North Korean President Kim Jung-Un.
'He really kind of stabbed us in the back. He really, actually, you know: he did a great disservice to the whole G-7. He betrayed,' White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on CNN's 'State of the Union' Sunday morning.
'He went rogue.' 
The White House economic adviser used the interview to take shot after shot at Trudeau, calling him 'polarizing,' sophomoric,' and performing a 'political stunt.' 


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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump participate in the working session at the G7 Summit 


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White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 'stabbed us in the back'


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Director of the National Economic Council National Larry Kudlow and Security Advisor John Bolton listens to President Donald Trump speak to reporters at the G7 summit


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President Trump criticized Prime Minister Trudeau in a twitter tirade after the G7


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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and G7 leaders France's President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a meeting with staff on the first day of the G7 summit

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[ltr]This is the craziest shit I've ever seen. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164 …[/ltr]

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[ltr]Under the Presidential Records Act, the White House has to preserve any paper the president touches for historical records. After Trump reads anything on paper he just tears it up, like a toddler. Apparently, instead of telling him to stop, THEY JUST TAPE IT BACK TOGETHER.[/ltr]


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[ltr]This story is b-o-n-k-e-r-s bonkers. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164 …[/ltr]


5:43 PM - Jun 10, 2018

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.
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[ltr]Staffer: Hey, so there’s a law that we have to preserve your presidential records, so you can’t tear up documents.

Normal President: OK.

Trump: *continues to rip up paper like a toddler, turns a government staffer into a guy who pieces together confetti* https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164 …[/ltr]


11:18 PM - Jun 10, 2018

Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together

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[ltr]This is a fascinating and bizarre story. Why were these civil servants fired without explanation? https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164 …[/ltr]


4:35 PM - Jun 10, 2018

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.
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[ltr]But who will tape Trump's country back together?[/ltr]


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[ltr]Leaving aside Trump's obsession with ripping up paper, this story involves the firing of career White House employees. When Bill Clinton did the same thing in 1993, Congress and an independent counsel investigated "Travelgate" for years. #DoubleStandard https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164 …[/ltr]


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Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together

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[ltr]Happy Monday. White House aides have to tape up documents President Trump rips up, despite being told that’s against the law. Sigh.[/ltr]


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[ltr]Trump Loves Tearing Papers, Staffers Tape Them Back Together. You can even teach a 2-year old not to do something! Why do we have a less than a toddler in the oval office? http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/trump-loves-tearing-papers-staffers-tape-them-back-together.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s3&utm_campaign=sharebutton-t … via @intelligencer[/ltr]


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Government workers say they spent months reconstructing documents that the White House is legally required to preserve.
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Financial disclosure forms released on Monday revealed how much Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have earned from outside income while working at the White House, resurrecting concerns over possible conflicts of interest.
The disclosures showed that the president’s daughter and son-in-law earned more than $82m in outside income in their first year serving as senior advisers to the president, the Washington Post first reported. Ivanka made $3.9m from her stake in the Trump International Hotel and reported more than $5m in earnings from her personal brand.
Trump and Kushner both chose to forgo drawing taxpayer-funded salaries from their roles in the White House. The disclosures, which were also obtained and reviewed by the Guardian, nonetheless reinforce the ways in which the couple has continued to earn money from the Trump Organization and outside business endeavors.
Because the financial disclosures report assets in broad ranges, it is difficult to determine the extent to which Trump and Kushner’s wealth has risen during their time at the White House. The disclosures are filed annually to the Office of Government Ethics. Donald Trump and the vice-president, Mike Pence, submitted their 2017 financial disclosure forms last month.
Kushner yielded more than $5m from a New Jersey property acquired by his family’s real estate business last year. Ivanka Trump reported $2m in severance pay from an entity called the Trump Payroll Corp. She also received an advance totaling $289,000 for the book she published last year, Women Who Work. Trump said she would donate the profits from the book to charity.


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The couple’s vast business investments have repeatedly drawn scrutiny for potential ethics violations. Government watchdog groups have accused the Trump family of using the presidency and its stature for personal profit.
Peter Mirijanian, a spokesperson for Kushner and Trump’s outside counsel, said the couple’s net worth “remains largely the same, with changes reflecting more the way the form requires disclosure than any substantial difference in assets or liabilities”.
Prior to joining the White House, Kushner resigned as chief executive officer from his real estate development business, Kushner Companies, stepped down from more than 260 corporate positions and partially divested from some of his assets. He nonetheless retained the vast majority of his interest in Kushner Companies.
But concerns over potential conflicts of interest resurfaced earlier this year when it was reported that several foreign governments saw Kushner, who has a wide-ranging foreign policy portfolio, as a target for manipulationbased on his business interests and personal debt. Ethics watchdogs also sounded alarms over Trump’s brand continuing to win trademarks overseas.

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