President Trump congratulates G7 leaders for getting the best of U.S. on trade before vowing 'those days are over

President Trump delivered a short address at the G7 Summit Saturday morning in which he congratulated the gathered world leaders for managing to take advantage of the U.S. on trade before vowing that "those days are over."

Trump's main focus was on trade, but he also briefly touched on discussions held on curbing "uncontrolled migration" and combating terrorism and those who continue to spread the "deadly ideology" across the world.

"The U.S. has been taken advantage of for decades and decades and we can't do that any more," he stated, turning the conversation back toward his ongoing trade war. "That's not going to work any more."

"We can coordinate together and achieve a common good for all our people, all of our nations," he added, signaling at least some productive negotiations took place at the summit. "We're linked in an effort to create a more prosperous world … I think they're starting to be more committed to a more fair trade situation for the United States."

"The United States has been taken advantage of for decades and decades and we can't do that anymore."

WATCH: President @realDonaldTrump's full statement from the #G7 Summit. pic.twitter.com/eJ1VyGxerH

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 9, 2018

The president clarified that he doesn't blame other heads of state for trying to take advantage of the U.S., but instead he blames "our past leaders for that."

"In fact, I congratulate the leaders of other countries for crazily being able to make these trade deals, but those days are over."

Finally, Trump turned his attention to Tuesday's upcoming summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Trump stated the North Korean regime is "working very well with us" before calling his upcoming trip to Singapore a "mission of peace."

"I'll be on a mission of peace," President Trump says at G7 before leaving for North Korea summit. pic.twitter.com/0791z84cNP

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 9, 2018

Trump also said he would know "within the first minute" whether his upcoming meeting with Kim would be productive.

Pres. Trump says "within the first minute" he'll know if negotiations with Kim Jong Un will produce favorable outcome.

"I think that very quickly I'll know whether or not something good is going to happen." https://t.co/yFRdYI4Vfj pic.twitter.com/RIyT6DzaLU

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 9, 2018

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Justin Trudeau trolls Trump with framed photo of his grandfather's Canadian brothel

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to hold back laughter Friday at the G7 summit when he presented President Trump with a framed photo of a hotel and brothel that Trump's grandfather once operated in British Columbia.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted a photo of the moment — with Trump sitting in front of the Canadian flag and Trudeau sitting in front of the American flag — praising the gesture.

“Great moment between @JustinTrudeau and @POTUS when he gave him picture of the President’s grandfather’s hotel in Canada. #G72018", the tweet said.

Great moment between @JustinTrudeau and @POTUS when he gave him picture of the President’s grandfather’s hotel in Canada. #G72018 pic.twitter.com/mtl5c7QPB3

— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 9, 2018

Trump's grandfather, Friedrich Trump, opened the Arctic Restaurant and Hotel in 1897 during the Klondike Gold Rush. It was one of the first properties in the Trump real estate empire.

Though President Trump has vehemently denied the property was ever operated as a brothel, history suggests otherwise.

As did a multitude of Twitter users responding to Sanders' post.

Hotel, eh? It was a brothel. https://t.co/o0KRj1VDcX

— Lauren Santo Domingo (@TheLSD) June 9, 2018

Was that one of Frederick Trump’s brothels? (True story) https://t.co/Nd7OqqGOwM

— John Aravosis (@aravosis) June 9, 2018

Yeah, also, the hotel was a brothel: https://t.co/FLgzqUAhpO https://t.co/FVflFCssyF

— Heather Barr (@heatherbarr1) June 9, 2018

I wrote a few years ago about the role this inn/brothel/restaurant/gambling den in the Canadian Arctic played in building the Trump family fortune: https://t.co/YvR4rvQE8C https://t.co/rh1NAIyjys

— Alexander Panetta (@Alex_Panetta) June 9, 2018

You spelled brothel wrong. https://t.co/sCZ51uqRq9

— Morten Øverbye (@morten) June 9, 2018

Despite the Arctic Hotel's colorful past, activists — including Parks Canada and the Carcross Tagish First Nation — have campaigned to turn the site into a tourist attraction.

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Yup, I see it now, thanks for pointing that out, it just confirms what we already know, guess he wants to make sure we know it.

Macron winks at Trump for showing up late to gender equality breakfast at G7 summit

President Trump showed up late to Saturday's Gender Equality Advisory Council Breakfast at the G7 summit in Canada.

There was one empty chair at the table where world leaders were seated, listening to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s short opening remarks on intersectionalism. Trudeau spoke for roughly two minutes then turned the floor over to the Canadian ambassador to France, Isabelle Hudon.

Trump walked in as Hudon was speaking, and according to the White House pool, French President Emmanuel Macron winked at the president as he made his first appearance at the breakfast.

The White House announced Friday that Trump will leave the G7 following the conclusion of the morning's roundtable.

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>>1678421

Indeed, he means it too, not sure if they do, but they will find out soon…

Singapore hotels add cameras, ramp up security ahead of Trump-Kim summit

SINGAPORE – President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will come together from opposite ends of the world next week for their historic bilateral summit, but when they arrive here on Sunday, their accommodations will be less than a mile apart.

Two people familiar with the planning said the president and his entourage will stay at Singapore's Shangri-La hotel, where Defense Secretary Jim Mattis attended a global security conference earlier this month and where locals have seen security activity increase in recent days. The vicinity was designated a "special event area" by the Singaporean government last Sunday.

Meanwhile, the North Korean delegation is expected to have secured rooms at the St. Regis, where local media spotted employees installing additional security cameras around the luxury hotel's entrance earlier this week.

A spokesperson for the St. Regis declined to confirm whether the hotel would soon be hosting Kim and would not provide a reason for the beefed up security. The five-star resort is "just a 10 minute walk away" from the part of town where Trump's hotel is located, a bellhop told the Washington Examiner.

White House officials announced last week that Trump and Kim will meet for the first time Tuesday morning at Singapore's Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island. A section of the sprawling beachfront estate has been cordoned off from guests and visitors since Friday, allowing employees to make arrangements for the summit that could attract millions of viewers from across the globe.

"Capella Singapore is honored to be selected as the venue for this historic event," said Joleena Seah, the hotel's director of marketing. "Guest confidentiality and security remain as our top priority at all times."

"We are unable to disclose details related to this event," she added when asked what security protocols were in place.

According to NBC News, U.S. officials have been ordered to sweep the Capella Hotel for bugs and other intelligence-gathering devices that could be planted by the Chinese. Since March, Kim has met twice with Chinese President Xi Jinping, whom Trump has accused of "influencing" the North Korean leader.

“China remains a particularly aggressive espionage actor and is using increasingly sophisticated technological platforms to carry out its objectives,” CIA spokesman Dean Boyd told NBC.

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Florida man who opened fire at Trump golf course charged with attempted murder of law enforcement officers

A Florida man who opened fire at a Trump property in May has been charged with attempted murder of law enforcement officers.

Jonathan Oddi, 42, was also charged with armed burglary and armed grand theft in relation to his "anti-Trump" actions.

On May 18, Oddi, brandishing an American flag he had taken from the grounds, stormed into the lobby at Trump National Doral Golf Club shortly after 1 a.m. and opened fire before being eventually subdued by authorities.

“This guy was ready for war, he was waiting for our officers to come in,” Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez said of Oddi's behavior. Perez noted that Oddi was yelling "anti-Trump" rhetoric about the president.

Oddi was eventually shot in the legs and disarmed by authorities. He was transported to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover.

One Miami-Dade officer injured his wrist in the altercation.

Secret Service and local authorities were investigating the matter, though an official motive for the attack has not yet been released.

https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/florida-man-who-opened-fire-at-trump-golf-course-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-law-enforcement-officers

'The Worst!': Trump thrashes CNN reporter for question about cozying up to North Korea

'The Worst!': Trump thrashes CNN reporter for question about cozying up to North Korea

by Christian Datoc

| June 09, 2018 11:54 AM

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President Trump responded to a question asked by a CNN reporter in Canada Saturday by calling the outlet, "fake news" and "the worst."

"There is a growing sense that America's closest allies are frustrated with you and angry with you — and that you are angry with them — that you are leaving for more friendly talks with Kim Jong Un in Singapore," the reporter said of Trump's early departure from the G7 Summit.

"That's well put," Trump cut in, clearly annoyed with the framing of the question.

"Do you feel the same way?" the reporter continued. "Do you view the U.S. alliance system shifting?"

"Who are you with out of curiosity?" the president asked.

"I figured," he continued when the reporter told him he did in fact work for CNN. "Fake news CNN. The worst."

"I could tell — I had no idea you were CNN. After the question, I was just curious as to who you're with, and you're with CNN."

President @realDonaldTrump: "Who are you with out of curiosity?"

Reporter: "@CNN."@POTUS: "I figured - Fake News CNN. The worst." pic.twitter.com/8T5txRkU4J

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 9, 2018

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A real life ‘House of Cards’: Reporter Ali Watkins, her source and their illicit romance

Reporter Ali Watkins, age 22, made an immediate imprint on Washington journalism in 2014, helping McClatchy News win Pulitzer honors for an insider story about the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. But today her reputation, and possibly her career, is in tatters due to revelations of sleeping with a source.

What is known today is that in December 2013, the Temple University intern had begun a romantic relationship with James A. Wolfe, a man 30 years her senior. He happened to sit amid a flow of juicy information as director of security for the same Senate committee. The reporter-source romance would last four years. Then the FBI intervened.

From McClatchy, she went on to land jobs in quick succession at the Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Politico and finally the New York Times, where she resides today at the Washington bureau.

A Justice Department indictment released Friday spells out the Watkins-Wolfe timeline. Ms. Watkins and Mr. Wolfe, 57, exchanged thousands of messages, some encrypted. They met at secluded spots, including Senate office stairwells, restaurants and her apartment.

The relationship ended in December 2017, the same month the New York Times hired her. FBI agents confronted Mr. Wolfe about leaking classified information to reporters. He denied the allegations, despite mounds of two-way messages seized by the FBI. Agents showed him a photo of the couple together.

The indictment charges Mr. Wolfe, who had maintained a low-profile with the committee since the Ronald Reagan years, on three counts of making false statements.

Back in early 2014, the town marveled at a college intern’s role in such big scoop — the CIA intrusively monitored Senate computers as staffers for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, combed thousands of top secret memos on enhanced interrogations of captured terror suspects.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that March, “Ali Watkins, currently a 22-year-old freelancer for McClatchy in Washington, D.C., received a tip from sources who came to trust her while making herself a presence on Capitol Hill, according to a posting by Temple’s School of Media and Communication.”

“To me, this story stands as a testament to watchdog journalism,” Ms. Watkins said.

https:// www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/9/washington-story-fast-tracked-reporter-her-source-/

Not sure who was speaking when this picture was snapped, but clearly Trump isn't happy with what he is hearing, or is it where he is sitting?

>>1678602

I like the one where Trump is sitting with his arms crossed and the rest of them have their heads buried in the report they are reading, and notice Trudeau, is not reading anything either but he is smiling….