During a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Trump said he doesn’t have to “prepare very much” for the upcoming meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
-Written by Elaine Godfrey ( @elainejgodfrey)
Why Hasn’t Bolton Done More to Prepare Trump?: Because the national-security adviser wants talks with North Korea to fail, argues Daniel Larison. (The American Conservative)
Spicer Opens Up: In an interview with Rolling Stone, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer shares his private regrets —and maintains that he never actually hid in a bush. (Tessa Stuart)
Separation Anxiety: After being separated from his father at the U. S.-Mexico border, five-year-old José was put into transitional foster care in Michigan: “Since his arrival in Michigan, family members said, a day has not gone by when the boy has failed to ask in Spanish, ‘When will I see my papa?’” (Miriam Jordan, The New York Times)
A New AG?: Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro has reportedly been telling President Trump’s aides and advisers for 18 months that she’s interested in replacing Jeff Sessions as attorney general.
