Subject: Axios AM: Mike’s Top 10 — Trump unplugged, Obama’s last 2 words, Where Trump and Clinton voters got their news
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 07:04:50 -0500 (EST)

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Trump behind closed doors * Obama's last 2 words to press, Life "accord=on" to Donald

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By Mike Allen = ·Jan 19, 2017

Good Thursday morning — inauguration eve. Thank= for the fantastic feedback about yesterday's launch of Axios, and thanks =o all of you who came to our launch party last night, including Vice Presi=ent Biden, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Valerie Jarrett, David Axelrod, J=sh Earnest, Gary Cohn, Sean Spicer, Kellyanne Conway, Marc Short, Gerrit L=nsing, Bob Woodward, Walter Isaacson, WashPost publisher Fred Ryan, Goldma= Sachs chief of staff John Rogers, U.K. Ambassador Kim Darroch, Steve Ratt=er, Peter Lattman, Dan Bartlett, NBC News President Andy Lack, CNN Worldwi=e President Jeff Zucker, Chuck Todd, Jake Tapper, Jonathan Karl, Wolf Blit=er, Greta Van Susteren, Sally Quinn, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, Senators Kl=buchar and Warner, actress Debra Messing, QB Tony Romo and so many more.

Tomorrow morning, Axios and NBC will co-host a li=estreamed pre-inauguration panel from the set of "Morning Joe," moderated =y Joe, Mika, Jim VandeHei and me.

​The 1 thing: Trump on deck, unplugged

Trump, who flew down to D.C. last evening for a fancy dinner honoring hi= prospective Cabinet, showed up unannounced at the Vice President's Dinner= a fundraiser starring Mike Pence (entree was duck) at the National Portra=t Gallery. Trump gave lengthy, no-teleprompter remarks that were closed to=the press. But an Axios AM reader sent us a partial tape. (Don't forget to=do that.) Trump was feisty, funny and all over the place.

A =ampler of what was on his mind, 36 hours before show time:
"I chose Mike, and we went out on the trail, and I'll tell you: From D=y 1, we started hitting it. We had our little ups and downs. You might hav= known there were some little canyons there [laughter] on occasion. �=A6 We don't give up, do we, folks? We never give up." [Applause.]

=A lot of you are political people. A lot of you are just rich people �=80� " [Laughter]

"And we put out a tweet: Tweet! Tw=et! [Laughter, applause.] I mean, you know, when I get all that dishonest =tuff, one tweet can straighten it all out." [Laughter.]
"We could not have done it without the people in this r=om. The people in this room are very special. Everyone is special. [Applau=e.] They're friends of mine. Sheldon Adelson is here someplace. … = think he only gave $125 million." [Applause.]

"I thi=k we ought to straighten out the PACs — right, folks? I think they=should be able to give to a campaign and expose it and everything. But I t=ink this PAC stuff — maybe we can get it straightened out, because=it's a little ridiculous. [Laughter.] You have no idea. It's like the grea= sinkhole. You have no idea who's doing it, who's running them. I think pe=ple get very rich running PACs, but we're going to try and get that straig=tened out because it's crazy."

"We're going to cut yo=r taxes. We're going to get rid of the regulations that are strangling the=economy. [Applause.] … I know the biggest businessmen and the smal= ones that love me and voted for me, and I love them. … Almost eve=y single person that I ask was more excited about the regulations being cu= than the taxes, which is surprising. [Applause.] So, we're going to do th=t."

"Any Never Trumpers in this room? [Laughter.] No.=… These people were angry. They didn't even know me. I never met t=em. … They're really right now on a respirator. … And we a=tually do have some Never Trumpers that are fantastic people. They just di=n't understand me."

​2. Trump 101: Our inside guide

At the top of the Axios STREAM, you'll find a scouting report on th= Trump solar system by VandeHei and me, based on our conversations with th= top players. Meet … The Inside Man: Jared Kushne= … The Broker: Gary Cohn … The Br=in: Stephen Miller … The Architect: Stev= Bannon … The Doer: Reince Priebus … The Voice: Kellyanne Conway … The One: Ivanka Trump.

​3. "Washington's smallest party in years"

AP

Per WashPost Style front's "D.C. gears up for a raging weekend of inauguration parties? Not so m=ch": "Trump [is] hosting only three official balls — far fewer=than his predecessors at their first inaugurals … Trump's high-pro=ile struggle to attract celebrities to perform at his inauguration has tri=kled down to the unofficial balls. … Bars aren't expecting a wild =ight."

One area where it may be busy: Georgetown.

Was=Post Style p. 3, "Tru=p to restrict access for official inaugural balls," by Paul Farhi: "Th= two officially sanctioned inaugural balls, … at the Washington Co=vention Center, will be 'pool only, which means that only a handful of rep=rters and photographers will be allowed in when Trump appears … Th= official inaugural balls … have historically been 'open press.'" =he Armed Services Ball will be open press.<=li>

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​4. Obama's closing words to press …

Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

… at his final presser, which lasted 59 minutes in the Brady Pre=s Briefing Room yesterday afternoon: "Thank you very much, press corps. Go=d luck."

(Above, POTUS taps podium as he concludes =ast news conference.)

5. Suddenly free for brunch

A final wave of West Wing staffers will "ro=l off" at 6 p.m. today, leaving just a few aides to staff POTUS tomorrow m=rning. A story slugged "Obama-Closing Shop," by AP's Josh Lederman has worthy color: "B=fore they leave the building for the final time, they'll go through a chec=list that completes their formal separation from the White House: cell pho=es handed in, computers locked and papers properly filed to be archived. T=e last step, aides said, is the hardest: handing in the badge that provide= access to the complex day or night."

​6. The only story that matters?

Two-column lead of N.Y. Times, "FOR THIRD YEAR, THE EARTH IN 2016 SET HEAT RECORD: =/a>Threat to Society and Nature is Rising — Scale of Shift Startle= Scientists."

—Mr. President-elect, please Sharp=e this: "NASA's calculations suggested that the planet had warmed=by well over a half-degree Fahrenheit from 2013 to 2016 … the larg=st temperature increase over a three-year period in the NASA record, which=begins in 1880 …

"NOAA's records show only one other instan=e when global temperature records were set three years in a row: in 1939, =940 and 1941. … 1941 now ranks as only the 37th-warmest year on re=ord."

​7. Tops in media trends

An engrossing graphic from Pe= Research: "Fox News was the main source for 40% of Trump voters. �=A6 The next most-common main source among Trump voters, CNN, was named by =nly 8% of his voters. … Clinton voters … did not coalesce =round any one source. CNN was named more than any other, ... at 18%."
<=>"New NBC News/MSNBC National Security Analyst: Jeremy Ba=h, of Beacon Global Strategies, and former Chief of Staff at CIA and Penta=on. You've seen him a lot recently on TODAY, Nightly News and across MSNBC= now it's official. We hear he'll be on set for the main event on Friday."=Jeremy was drinking water at our party because he had to do an 11 p.m. hit=with Brian Williams.

​8. Davos dope

THIS is a trend to pay attention to, with possible ripple effects in eve=y major economy for years to come … "Davos CEOs 'go local' on supply chain in Trump era" =E2�� Reuters: "Business leaders in Davos, traditionally the high pries=s of globalization, are talking up the benefits of local production this w=ek to shield themselves from criticism from … Trump. … 'Th= basic message is to be more national, don't just be global,' Richard Edel=an, CEO of communications marketing firm Edelman, told Reuters. 'Let's try=and pre-empt that tweet by having a long-term discussion about the supply =hain.'"

​9. Trending in business

WSJ front pager, "U.S. Races To Finish Pro=es, Wring Payouts From Firms": "U.S. reaches settlements worth around =20 billion in the past week alone with megabanks, auto makers, drug compan=es and others."

"Inauguration I= Sell Sign for Investors Riding Bromance Wave" — Bloomberg: "B=y Russian assets on Donald Trump's election, sell on his inauguration. �=80� A U-turn in U.S.-Russian relations … could prove hard to ach=eve in practice."

Goldman Sachs to slash London presence due to Br=xit, per AFP: "Goldman Sachs will move 1,000 staff from Londo= to Frankfurt as part of a post-Brexit reorganization that will reduce its=City headcount by half, German business daily Handelsblatt reported �=A6 Goldman Sachs will cut its headcount in London from 6,000 to around 3,0=0. … Other London-based posts will be moved to New York, France, S=ain and Poland. British bank HSBC confirmed Wednesday that 1,000 of its in=estment banking jobs would leave London for Paris … Cities across =he EU, including Frankfurt, Paris and Dublin, have been jostling to attrac= banks mulling moves away from the City of London."

10. 1 fun thing

AP

In London, Madame Tussauds unveils wax figure of Trump.=/p>
Video, "Life Accord=on To Trump," has some fun with a Trump tic.

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