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By Mike Allen = ·Mar 30, 2017

1 big thing: Disrupting his advisers

Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for a women's empowerment pan=l in the East Room yesterday / AP's Andrew Harnik

Friends who talk frequently to Trump tell us the Presid=nt will make one big change in response to the health-care fiasco: In the =onstant check-in phone calls for which he's famous, he's going to talk wit= a wider array of people -- and include more Democrats.

Part=cipants say "The Closer" has been having a flurry of "What happen=d?" conversations which make it clear that he realized far too late how mu=h trouble the bill was in.

Why it matters: Bet=een phone calls from his old New York crowd in the residence at night, to =he tweets he sends with no vetting or editing, Trump rebels against the fi=ter bubble that surrounds a President. He relishes reaching around the pre=s, and now he's also going to be more intentional about reaching past form=l advisers.

2. Summit of the year

The White House announcement this morning about the mee=ing of the world's two most powerful men, which Axios AM readers learned t=o weeks ago:

"President Donald=J. Trump will host President Xi Jinping of China at Mar-a-Lago Ap=il 6–7, 2017. This will be the first meeting between President Tru=p and President Xi. ... The President and the First Lady will also host Pr=sident Xi and Madame Peng Liyuan at a dinner on the evening of April 6."
Axios' Jonathan Swan talked to Richard McGregor — th= Financial Times alumnus who wrote "The Party," a seminal book on China's =ommunist Party — about what China wants. The takeaway: China does not want (for the moment) to upend the status quo.
Look for: Trump to be firm about America first withou= lecturing, and the Chinese to play the long game.

Cha=er ... N.Y. Times front page, "As Trump Backtracks,<=a> China Seizes Chance to Lead on Climate," by Edward Wong: "[T]he Obama a=ministration prodded, cajoled and beseeched China ... Now, it is far likel=er that the world will see China pushing the United States to meet its com=itments and try to live up to the letter and spirit of the 2015 Paris Agre=ment, even if Mr. Trump has signaled he has no intention of doing so."

3. Early report cards

Worth the click ... An exclusive clip for Axios AM read=rs from next Sunday's edition of Showtime's "The Circus," a road trip to f=ve states in five days — including an informal focus group about T=ump, conducted by Mark Halperin at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire:<=p>
Insights from participants: "I think he's getting a heck of an education" ... "It's supposed to fe=l uncomfortable, and it does feel uncomfortable. And that's good. That's c=ange."

Advice: "Slow d=wn."

One word to describe Trump= "impulsive ... arrogant ... huge ... winner ... bombastic ... ra=h ... rambunctious ... change ... rushed ... unsettling .. circus."

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4. West Wing powers

Omarosa in the East Room, before Trump's epic presser in February / AP's=Pablo Martinez Monsivais

One of Trump's more intriguing appointments was Omarosa=Manigault, who became a celebrity as "alpha-female villain" in the first s=ason of Trump's "The Apprentice," and was the campaign's director of Afric=n-American outreach. Now, she's Assistant to the President and Director of=Communications for the Office of Public Liaison. Her role is explored crit=cally in a WashPost front-pager, "In Trump's view, Omarosa mor= than apprentice," by Vanessa Williams:

"Some African American political insiders already have concluded=that she is ineffective, and she is routinely derided on social media as s=mply providing cover for a president deeply unpopular with African America=s."

"The White House ... did not respond to quest=ons about Manigault's official responsibilities, which so far have publicl= been centered on issues relating to black America. None of those events h=s gone especially well."

5. Stat du jour

Jeff Bezos Is now the world's second richest person," a=ter Bill Gates, per B=oomberg's Robert Lafranco:

=Bezos has leapt past Amancio Ortega and Warren Buffett to become =he world's second-richest person. ... Bezos has a net worth of $75.6 billi=n on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, $700 million more than Berkshire Ha=haway Inc.'s Buffett and $1.3 billion above Ortega, the founder of Inditex=S.A. and Europe's richest person."

6. Get smart fast

Even though he doesn't talk much about it, and coverage=is spotty, Trump is a War President. The two co=umn lead of today's N.Y. Times is an eye-opening step-back, "U.S. War =ootprint Grows, With No Endgame in Sight: Concerns That No One Is Planning=for Peace as Americans Expand Mideast Role," by Ben Hubbard in Beirut and =ichael Gordon in D.C.: "

"Two months after the=inauguration of President Trump, indications are mounting that the United =tates military is deepening its involvement in a string of complex wars in=the Middle East that lack clear endgames."

"Rather than re=resenting any formal new Trump doctrine on military action, ... A=erican officials say that what is happening is a shift in military decisio=-making that began under ... Obama."

"Concerns about the recent accusations of civilian casualties are bringing some of thes= details to light. But some of the shifts have also involved small increas=s in the deployment and use of American forces or, in Yemen, resuming aid =o allies that had previously been suspended."

Why it matte=s: Trump's "budgetary and rhetorical priorities have indicated a =ilitary-first approach even as he has proposed cuts in diplomatic spending=To some critics, that suggests that much more change is to come, in diffic=lt situations in a roiled Middle East that have never had clear solutions.=

7. Rapid rapprochement fades

Part of the price of the Russia brouhaha is woven into = Wall Street Journal front-pager, "Trump's Hope f=r Russia Reset Fades," by Carol Lee and Paul Sonne in Washington, and Thom=s Grove in Moscow:

"While still focusing on s=ecific areas of possible cooperation, top administration officials now see=major impediments to a broad deal on an array of policies, given Russia's =ontinued provocations in terms of weapons deployments, overtures to Iran, =yberintrusions and intervention in Ukraine."

"The burgeoni=g U.S. investigations into Russia's alleged interference in last =ear's U.S. presidential election ... have further constrained prospects be=ause relations with Russia are under intense scrutiny."

A senior administration official: "We don't want to be =n a position where we do a lot of giving and don't get a lot in return."

8. "No turning back"

The U.K. filed its Brexit divorce papers with the Europ=an Union yesterday. NPR London correspondent Frank Langfitt captures the a=bivalence that remains after the 52-48 vote last June:

"The le=t-leaning Guardian ran a map of Western Europe as a jigsaw puzzle=with the pieces of the U.K. taken out. ... 'Freedom!' crowed the Daily=Mail, the conservative tabloid."

"The British are known for u=derstatement, but political observers here speak of Brexit in superlatives="

"After Brexit, Britain will have to define itself i=dependently and outside of the European Union, where it has enjoyed far mo=e economic bargaining power as part of the world's largest collective mark=t. ... Britain may choose to see itself through the lens of its national m=thology — as a plucky island nation off the coast of Europe with g=obal ambitions, punching above its weight."

On Britain trying to "=ave its cake and eat it" by pushing for a Eurozone free-trade deal in exch=nge for continued security cooperation, which the EU has condemned as blac=mail: "[T]he last thing the EU needs are populists looking at a future U.K=-EU trade deal and saying, 'Look, it's not so bad.'"

9. Sanity break: Advice from Arianna

In our latest "Smarter, Faster" video, Ari=nna Huffington says: "We all have a lot of wisdom, a lot of creativity, in=us." But much of it is lost because we're buried in our screens. There's a=reason, she says, that a lot of our best ideas come in the shower.

10. 1 fun thing

The Uber Lost and Found=Index, released yesterday, features the 50 most unique items =hat have been left behind, including:

Nordic walking poles ... a lobster ... sweet potato care =ackage ... paycheck ... Hot Cheetos ... bulletproof vest ... lottery ticke= ... Elf cut-out ... wooden hat ... Harry Potter glasses ... arm sling ...=taser.

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