Subject: ?Axios AM: Mike's Top 10 — Scoop! Summit of the year: Trump to host Xi at Mar-a-Lago — Protecting against Trump "tweet risk" — The new "White House cafeteria"
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 06:28:22 -0400 (EDT)

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Scoop! Summit of the year: Trump to host Xi at Mar-a-Lago — Prot=cting against Trump "tweet risk" — The new "White House cafeteria"=/p>

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By Mike Allen = ·Mar 13, 2017

1 big thing ... Scoop: Trump to host Xi at Mar-a-Lago

Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during the opening session of Chin='s annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People=on March 5 / AP's Mark Schiefelbein

President Trump plans to host Chinese President Xi Jinp=ng at the gold-plated Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida next month for a loweri=g-the-temperature summit with vast economic and security implications, Ax=os has learned.

No golf is planned during the =eeting of the globe's two superpowers: This will mostly be a working sessi=n, according to officials familiar with the planning. The tentative dates =re Thursday afternoon, April 6, through Friday, April 7.

Why it matters: For a White House that views China as threat #1,=Trump's willingness to meet with Xi — and give him the Mar-a-Lago =reatment, no less — will be seen as a reassuring sign by establish=ent powers in the U.S. and around the world.

The optics: =/strong>Trump is an exuberant host. While a White House session could look=formal and cold, pictures out of Mar-a-Lago are likely to capture the riva=s in relaxed, friendly settings.

What's in it for China: Xi saw that by talking on the phone with Trump, he got reassurance =n the "One China" policy. Xi is worried about Trump's threats on trade and=thinks that by engaging the transactional leader, he can head off punitive=measures.

What's in it for the U.S.: Lots. The U=S. wants Chinese cooperation on North Korea (most important on the agenda)= islands in the South China Sea, currency, trade, intellectual property an= more. Administration officials are looking for multiple gives.

Important to watch: Will Trump raise human rights?

=strong>Fun to watch: Each of the these leaders, in agreeing to th= summit, thinks he'll outsmart the other.

2. Coming attractions

Look for ... big White House announcements announcement= early in the week on the side of economic nationalism.

After a front-page Financial Times artic=e on Saturday about a trade war inside the West Wing, President Trump made=it clear again — during a working lunch with several Cabinet membe=s and senior aides at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. — =hat the leads on trade are Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, U.S. Trade Rep=esentative Robert Lighthizer and Peter Navarro at the new National Trade C=uncil, as it has been.

At 11 a.m. today in the Roos=velt Room, Trump holds a healthcare listening session "with victi=s of Obamacare to hear their stories and discuss how Obamacare is=failing them."

At 4:30 p.m. in the Oval Office, aft=r a Cabinet meeting, Trump signs an executive order "to reorganize the fed=ral government." The White House describes it as "the beginning of the ...=reorganization of our federal departments and agencies" to make the govern=ent more "efficient, effective, and accountable."

Hot West W=ng read ... The New Yorker, "Is Trump trolling the White House pr=ss corps? At daily briefings, Sean Spicer calls on young journalists from =ar-right sites. The mainstream media sees them as an existential threat," =y Andrew Marantz:

"A longtime =ashington reporter from a mainstream network [said:] 'I don't min= them bringing in conservative voices that they feel have been underrepres=nted ... Personally, I don't even mind them [messing] with the front-row g=ys, the Jonathan Karls of the world. Those guys are a smug little cartel, =nd it's fun to watch them squirm, at least for a little while. But at what=point does it start to delegitimize the whole idea of what happens in that=room? When does it cross the line into pure trolling?'"

And =SNBC rising ... N.Y. Times A1, "Liberals Tune In to TV=Again, in Search of Communal Solace" ... AP's David Bauder, "Fueled by Trump opponents, Maddow's popularity rises."

3. Corey keeps Oval access

Corey Lewandowski, then campaign manager, joins Trump onstage at his Mar=a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on March 15, the night of the Florida pri=ary / AP's Gerald Herbert

Bloomberg Businessweek called it "Trump's K Street Offi=e." Avenue Strategies, the lobbying firm started by former campaign offici=ls Corey Lewandowski and Barry Bennett, gets a splash in the president's f=vorite paper with "Want to Keep the President at Bay? Two Consultants Have an Inside T=ack," an Editorial Observer column by N.Y. Times editorial-board member El=zabeth Williamson:

"For a fee, Corey Lewandow=ki, President Trump's pugilistic former campaign manager, and Barry Bennet=, a former Trump senior adviser, will protect you from 'tweet risk' �=94 what happens to the stock price and reputation of your company when the=president tells his 26 million Twitter followers that you're killing facto=y jobs or refusing to sell Ivanka Trump handbags."

"Lewand=wski still reveres Mr. Trump and glides past his rival Reince Pri=bus, the White House chief of staff, to visit Mr. Trump in the Oval Office="

"Bennett says he and Lewandowski "are pressing =merican companies to 'call Jared Kushner and tell him you're gonna build a=new factory,' or invite Mr. Trump to 'fly somewhere, cut a ribbon, and hig=-five 200 employees.'"

"That 'drives optimism= and it drives his power,' Mr. Bennett said last week over breakf=st at the Hay-Adams Hotel, where he is most mornings, pitching his new bus=ness. 'There are few things a president can do to build power faster than =o lead a great economic comeback.'"

"Bennett says=the two men advised Lockheed Martin, not a current client, on how to recov=r from a 'horrible' meeting with Mr. Trump."

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4. What Bill Gates is experimenting with

Bill Gates, in an email interview wit= Axios' Ina Fried, on the next frontiers in computing:

There are a lot of "next frontiers" in computing. M=xed reality is one of them, and so are AI and quantum computing. I have be=n using virtual reality videos on my Gates Notes blog to bring people alon= on the work that I do with my foundation. You can come with me to South A=rica to learn about HIV/AIDS, which is one of our big program areas. Later=this year, I'll have more VR videos to share.

There is still no substitute for seeing these things for yo=rself, but VR is a close second. But the full immersive experience of VR m=kes it impractical for daily life, and that's where augmented reality and =ixed reality experiences can take the lead. It can be a layer of informati=n on top of what's happening in real life.

Ina launches=her tech newsletter, Login, this morning, with Kim Hart and David=McCabe covering the innovation agenda from D.C. Sign up here.

5. Trump's powerful infrastructure enemy

Lazaro Gamio / Axios

President Trump could be making an inconvenient enemy i= Randi Weingarten, head of the 1.6 million-member American Federation of T=achers, according to Axios' Jonathan Swan and Dan Primack:

What the Trump administration doesn't seem to realize, ye=, is that Weingarten's influence extends well beyond the classroom and cou=d complicate Trump's grand infrastructure plans because of her union's con=iderable pension investments.

Weingarten says she=s seen nothing so far from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to change her v=ew that the secretary has "antipathy toward public education." And the Tru=p Administration hasn't included her in their union outreach.

6. The Obamacare nightmare scenario

Andrew Witherspoon / Axios

The nightmare scenario for Obamacare is a meltdown of t=e individual health insurance market, Axios' Bob He=man writes from Chicago:

If health insurers lose confidence as Republicans struggle with their repeal efforts — or =ecause of the turmoil and price hikes that have already been underway �=80� even more could withdraw, leaving Obamacare customers with nowhere t= turn to keep their coverage.

The bottom line: He=lth insurers need certainty very soon about what the individual markets wi=l look like. The HHS market stabilization =ule has assuaged some industry concerns, but the Republican replacemen= plan has not.

7. ​Hot in Silicon Valley: SXSW

Kia Kokalitcheva writes from S.F. ... Uber and Lyft lef= Austin last year after failing to reverse a new fingerprinting requiremen= for drivers, and the alternative services failed a big stress test at Sou=h by Southwest this weekend. Rain, along with an influx of thousands of at=endees, meant a huge spike in demand and technical troubles for apps =ike Ride Austin, Fasten, and Fare.

Politics everywhere ... From Joe Biden and , to Planned Parenthood and Tumblr, Texas Competes's Jessica Shortall, and i=vestors Mark Cuban and Chris Sacca, political discus=ions are front and center at this year's event. "

<=trong>"Millennial love for Snapchat extends to the stock," by Reut=rs' Angela Moon in N.Y.: "Some seasoned investors have been wary of the vo=atile, relatively high-priced stock of a company that has yet to report a =rofit. But novice investors said their deep affinity with the disappearing=message app prompted them to jump in."

8. The buzz in business

Chris Matthews writes from New York ... The Fed's inter=st-rate setting committee meets this week, and markets are convinced that th= Fed will raise rates by 0.25% when the meeting adjourns Wednesday.
Inflation's revenge: Wall Street Cassandras have bee= warning about impending inflation for years, but these critics can now po=nt to data showing great demand for labor, like a recent survey from the N=tional Federation of Independent Businesses sowing that there is a higher =hare of unfilled jobs today than at any point since 2001.

=hy it matters: The last thing the Fed wants to do is put the brak=s on an economy that is finally starting to bestow broad wage gains to wor=ers. At the same time, the Fed's model of the economy says that inflation =ises as demand for labor increases. And if inflation gets out of control, =he Fed would likely be forced to raise rates aggressively enough to risk t=iggering a recession.

Wall Street Journal lead story, =/strong>"Week of Crucial Events Looms for Market= ... Expected Federal Reserve rate increase, possible Brexit move could pu=h traders to reverse course in unison."

9. Bracketology: March Madness begins

Selection Sunday recap by AP National Writer Eddie Pells: "There were tears in Syracuse, head-sc=atching about Duke and more than a few double takes at Wichita State. At N=rthwestern, they simply celebrated."

"Northwestern's fi=st trip to the NCAA Tournament in program history stole the headl=nes — reminding hardcore fans and casual bracket-fillers alike tha= March Madness really is that time of year when anything can happen."
=li>"Action ... begins Tuesday with opening-round games, a=d things get into full swing Thursday. The Final Four starts April 1 in Ph=enix. Defending champion Villanova was the tournament's top seed, the firs= time a defending champion has earned that honor since Florida in 2007, wh=n the Gators went back-to-back. Joining Kris Jenkins and 'Nova on the '1' =line were Kansas, North Carolina and Gonzaga."

"SYRACUSE: Orange coach Jim Boeheim said his players were crying=when they didn't see their team's name come up during the selection show. =.. DUKE: Some bracketologists moved Duke into the '1' pos=tion over North Carolina on the strength of the Blue Devils' four-win-in-f=ur-night run at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament." Sorry, Shel=ey Moore Capito, Judy Woodruff, Elizabeth Dole and Stephen Miller!

"Don't tell your boss: How to stream March Ma=ness tournament: "For many of the early round games, ... you'll need a pas=word through your cable or satellite TV subscription. The television netwo=ks no longer offer a stand-alone subscription you can buy without cable."<=p>

10. 1 fun thing

Cafe Milano in Georgetown, where the Obamas ate lunch after Malia's grad=ation from Sidwell Friends high school in June / AP's Pablo Martinez Monsi=ais

"DC cafe becomes 'second White House cafeteria,'" by N.Y. Post's R=chard Johnson:

"Cafe Milano in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, is the favorite re=taurant of the Trump administration. On Wednesday night, at three separate=tables were Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of the Treasury St=ven Mnuchin and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. ... Others in the room =ncluded Fox news anchor Bret Baier, ex-US ambassador Nancy Brinker, invest=ent guru Mark Ein, and Bill Clinton, who made the rounds saying hi to ever=one."

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