Subject: ?Axios AM: Mike's Top 10 -- The media IS the opposition party * Overhearing Trump Tower calls * Trends in Trump tweets: timing, topics * Facebook targets LinkedIn
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The media IS the opposition party * Overhearing Trump Tower calls * Tren=s in Trump tweets: timing, topics * Facebook targets LinkedIn

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By Mike Allen = ·Feb 16, 2017

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1 big thing: The media IS the opposition party

Lazaro Gamio / Axios

With the press in full frenzy, Jim VandeHei and I just =osted a big-picture piece you'll want to read in full:

"Trump claims traditional media represent=a stronger, more effective opposition party than the Democrats. So far, he=s undeniably correct. This has only a little to do with the Democrats. "It has a lot to do with =he media, which was unambiguously anti-Trump during and after the presiden=ial campaign, but is now legitimately hammering away on administration sca=dals and missteps. A snarling press corps is turning ravenous."

<=i>The big change: "The media — often, but not alw=ys, with an assist from anti-Trump career government employees — i= the new U.S. Oversight Committee."

The news cyclone: "[T]here is no incentive for reporters to calm down, take a breath, gi=e Trump the benefit of the doubt."

Why it mat=ers: "Trump and senior strategist Steve Bannon are clearly right =bout the media being the opposition. What was once a useful foil for Trump=is becoming a real danger to his ability to control the national conversat=on — and govern."

Mood music ... Wall=Street Journal front-page tease, "Is This Trump's Watergate?," to =olumn by Dan Henninger: "Unless Team Trump gets back to the basics of the =016 election, 1974 could return ... A president's blood is in the water an= another White House staff can only look out the windows as the sharks arr=ve."

"[A] good questionan older member of the Washington establ=shment a temporary Oval Office visa to talk about what it was lik= during Watergate."

Who should =hat be? Email me mike@axio=.com, and I'll share your suggestions tomorrow.

2. Behind the curtain: How Trump works

"Trump's F-35 Calls Came With a Surprise: Rival CEO Was=Listening," by Bloomberg's Anthony Capaccio: "Days before taking office, P=esident-elect Donald Trump made two surprise calls to the Air Force genera= managing the Pentagon's largest weapons program, the Lockheed Martin Corp= F-35 jet. [In the room for] one of those calls was Dennis Muilenburg -- t=e CEO of Lockheed's chief rival, Boeing Co. ...

"Muile=burg, whose company makes a [competing] fighter jet, was in the p=esident-elect's New York office for a meeting during the second call. He a=peared caught off-guard but heard at least Trump's end of the call."
<=i>Axios behind the scenes: This is part of Trump's casual=M.O. We talked to people who had the surreal experience of being in his Tr=mp Tower office, then having him interrupt to take a call about an unrelat=d personnel matter -- sometimes very sensitive. One visitor got up to step=out, and Trump motioned for him to stay. But it got so awkward that the gu=st stepped out anyway.

3. Top talker

"Spies Keep Intelligence From Trump" -- Wall Street Jo=rnal, top of front page, by Shane Harris and Carol Lee:
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"U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensit=ve intelligence from ... Trump because they are concerned it could be leak=d or compromised":

"The officials' decision ... =nderscores the deep mistrust that has developed between the intelligence c=mmunity and the president."

"In some of these cases, ... officials have decided not to show Mr. Trump the sources and method= that the intelligence agencies use to collect information."

"The intelligence agencies have been told to drama=ically pare down the president's daily intelligence briefing, both the num=er of topics and how much information is described under each topic,"
=li>"[O]fficials said the decision to avoid r=vealing sources and methods with Mr. Trump stems in large part from the pr=sident's repeated expressions of admiration for ... Putin and his call dur=ng the presidential campaign for Russia to continue hacking the emails of =.. Hillary Clinton."

The conversation ... On =Morning Joe," Scarborough dismisses the story as thin.

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4. Trends in Trump tweets

Lazaro Gamio, Andrew Witherspoon / Axios

Since becoming president 27 days ago, Trump has tweeted=109 times from his phone -- just over 4 per day, Axios found in a deep dive @realDonaldTrump. Monday was the first day=since the inauguration that Trump didn't tweet before 8:15 a.m. Among the =a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8883934.32265/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3=uY29tL3RydW1wcy10d2VldC10aW1pbmctaXMtYW5vdGhlci1sb29rLWludG8taGlzLW1lZGlhL=RpZXQtMjI1OTU4Nzc5MS5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVt=WlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cC0a=7068b" target="_blank">trends Shane Savitsky discovered:

A morning tweeter: Trump has tweeted 70 times from 6 to 9=a.m., during his favorite cable news shows, "Morning Joe" and "Fox & F=iends." That's 64% of his tweets as president. 47% of his tweets as presid=nt-elect and 33% as GOP nominee came during that 3-hour block.

At least 15% of his tweets during the presidency were directl= in response to a segment on cable or network news.

Media =atters: 29 of his tweets as president mention the media —=a specific outlet, ratings, or "FAKE NEWS." That's more than a quarter.
On the clock: From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on workdays, Tr=mp has tweeted only 4 times as president.

No more 3 a.m. =weets: Since the election, he has only tweeted once between midni=ht and 4 a.m. -- to call SNL "unwatchable" and "sad."

5. Trending in tech

Bloomberg Businessweek cover story goes inside=Elon Musk's Trump connection: "[A]fter the election, Musk made several tri=s to Trump Tower, impressing the president and, especially, Bannon."

After meeting privately with Musk on Jan. 6, Bannon =old an associate that he views Musk and his companies as embodying the kin= of U.S.-based job growth that Trump intends to foster."

"=or Trump, who's been publicly shunned by many Silicon Valley exec=tives, the connection to Musk gives his administration a whiff of innovati=n and dynamism."

"Facebook is going after LinkedIn," by Recode's Kurt Wagner: "The social network will now let employe=s post jobs directly to their Page, and users can apply for those jobs on =acebook. Applications are pre-populated with a user's Facebook data ... th=n sent to the employer via Messenger. Facebook hopes employers and prospec=ive employees will then use Messenger to communicate throughout the courti=g process."

"Snap Inc. Sets Valuation at $19.5 Bill=on to $22.2 Billion as IPO Approaches," per WSJ: "The valuation range, which equates to $14 to $16 a share= is near the low end of the $20 billion to $25 billion range the Snapchat =arent company had earlier targeted."

6. U.S-Israel change in tone, substance

Trump escorts Netanyahu into the White House / AP's Evan Vucci

Jerusalem Post on yesterday's White House visit by Isra=li Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: 'From Obama to Trump, a change in to=e and substance," by diplomatic correspondent Herb Keinon:
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"Trump's refraining from clearly saying that two =tates is the only way, while endorsing a wider regional approach, is a sig=ificant reset of the entire diplomatic process with the Palestinians.""There will be differences between the two men becaus= they are leaders of different countries, whose interests do not always in=ersect, but the differences will be dealt with very differently – =s among friends, not rivals."

"Obama's tone, his =emeanor at his first meeting, was almost that of a teacher telling a pupil=what he has to do. Trump's tone was friendlier, lighter."

N.Y. Times 1-col. lead story, "Trump, Meeting With Netanyahu, =acks Away From Palestinian State," by Peter Baker and M=rk Landler: "

"Trump's position on a two-s=ate solution discarded a policy that has underpinned America's role in Mid=le East peacemaking since the Clinton administration."

"Th= Palestinians are highly unlikely to accept anything short of a s=vereign state, and a single Israeli state encompassing the Palestinians wo=ld either leave them as second-class citizens or would no longer be majori=y Jewish, given the growth rate of the Arab population."

"=till, long before Mr. Trump's ascension, momentum for side-by-sid= states had faded not just in Washington but also in the Middle East."

7. Trump v. China

"Exclusive: EU preparing early China summit in message =o Trump" -- Reuters/Br=ssels: "The European Union is preparing an early summit with China in =pril or May in Brussels to promote free trade and international cooperatio= in the face of a more protectionist and inward-looking Washington."

"The EU believes China wants to use the summit to pr=ss home President Xi Jinping's vigorous defense of open trade and global t=es ... in Davos in January, in response to ... Trump."

An =fficial who helps formulate EU policy: "With an early summit, Chi=a wants to send a message to the United States that it has friends in Euro=e."

8. Facts matter

Andrew Witherspoon / Axios

"Only five countries meet NATO military requirements," =er Axios' Shannon Vavra: "NATO countries are supp=sed to spend 2% of their GDP on defense."

"Defense Secr=tary Mattis, on his first trip to Europe, warned NATO countries t= meet their defense spending goals or the U.S. might 'moderate its commitm=nt' to the alliance."Trump's secretary of state faces questions on first t=ip

Trump's SecState on first overseas trip ... AP Diplomatic Writer

"Tillerson arrived in Germany late =ednesday for a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Group of 20 nations= He will be playing defense amid the chaos and turmoil caused by the firin= of national security adviser Michael Flynn."

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9. What in the world?

"Eiffel Tower to be surrounded by $20M bulletproof glas= wall by year's end" -- USA Today front page: "Trump isn't the only leader building a wall, =nd this one is just as controversial. The French government is constructin= an 8.2-foot-high, bulletproof glass enclosure around the base of the Eiff=l Tower to protect the iconic structure from a terrorist attack. But many =rench are offended by what they describe as a tasteless design that will b= an eyesore. ...

"Critics said the wall, slat=d to go up in the fall, could undermine the French capital's tourism indus=ry that is already in a slump after a series of terrorist attacks."
"Currently the base of the Eiffel Tower is surrounded by=metal grids set up in June for the Euro 2016 soccer championships. The bar=iers were to be a temporary security measure but have remained in place wi=h terrorism fears still widespread."

10. 1 fun thing

Sponsor-player politics: "Experts say recent moves by U=der Armour and Nike to respond to or get ahead of political statements fro= athletes show the sponsor-athlete relationship is changing" -- AP's Eddie Pells:

"The back-and-forth between [NBA star Stephen] Curry and=Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank is now into its second week and making for so=e awkwardness that could very well extend into this weekend's NBA All-Star=Game, where Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, James Harden and all the le=gue's biggest endorsers will converge."

"Plank called ... =rump 'a real asset to our country.' ... [T]he CEO followed up [ye=terday] with a full-page advertisement in The Baltimore Sun, saying his wo=ds last week 'did not accurately reflect my intent.'"

Under Armour has long been viewed as a progressive compan=, admired in part for its huge investment in rebuilding parts of Baltimore= where the company's headquarters are based."

Nike went big with an ad campaign featuring LeBron=James, Serena Williams and openly gay soccer player Megan Rapione touting =Equality' — the latest in a number of pro-LGBT statements the comp=ny has made over the past several months."

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