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By Mike Allen = ·May 27, 2017

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1 big thing: The Jared jam

Jared and Ivanka enter the Pantheon for a private visit in Rome on Wedne=day / Photo by Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP

Make no mistake: The hottest topic among top White Ho=se officials is the FBI's interest in Jared Kushner, the closest adviser a=d son-in-law of the President. The Washington =ost report that Kushner discussed "a secret and secure communications =hannel between Trump's transition team and the Kremlin" is something from = Clancy novel.

Why it matters: He did it, kn=wing the world suspected Russia of helping tilt the election to his father=in-law.

Caveat, from WP: "Russia at times feeds f=lse information into communication streams it suspects are monitored as a =ay of sowing misinformation and confusion among U.S. analysts."

<=>Deets from N.Y. Times, which follows WaPo and also makes =he "Russia channel" the paper's lead story:

"The [Dece=ber] conversation between Mr. Kushner and the ambassador, Sergey =. Kislyak, took place during a meeting at Trump Tower ... Also present ...=was Michael T. Flynn."

"It is unclear who first proposed the communications channel, but ... people familiar wi=h the meeting said the idea was to have Mr. Flynn speak directly with a se=ior military official in Moscow to discuss Syria and othe= security issues. The communications channel was never set up, the people =aid."

"This week, the Senate Intelli=ence Committee asked the Trump campaign's treasurer to preserve and produc= all documents — including phone records and emails — dati=g to its official start in June 2015, according to one person associated w=th the campaign."

Sound smart: A hot theory i= that Trump can't boot some top (non-Jared) aides because those inside kno= too much, and outsiders (beyond old campaign hands) can't be trusted with=what they'd learn.

2. Tweeter in timeout?

Trump waves to reporters as he arrives at the Belvedere (sightseeing poi=t) in the Sicilian citadel of Taormina, Italy / AP's Salvatore Cavalli

Nugget in a Wall Street Journal front-pager about Tru=p's coming staff shakeup (by Michael Bender and Peter Nicholas):

"One major change under conside=ation would see the president's social media posts vetted by a team of law=ers ... The idea, said one of Mr. Trump's advisers, is to create a system =o that tweets 'don't go from the president's mind out to the universe.'"

Barry Bennett, a former Trump campaign aide: ""I=would be shocked if he would agree to that."

Memo to the f=lks who are plotting this: This has been tried before. Ask the in=er circle from the transition.

West Wing sources=tell me a more likely scenario is for Marc Kasowitz, the lawyer leading Tr=mp's outside Russia defense, might convince him he absolutely has to vet t=eets relating to Russia.

Be smart: Good luck with=that, sir.

3. Diplomat in Middle East, disrupter in Europe

Running the world ... "Family photo" during G7 Summit (from left): Europ=an Council President Donald Tusk, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, =erman Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Trump, Italian Prime Minister Pa=lo Gentiloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Sh=nzo Abe, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, European Commission Preside=t Jean-Claude Juncker / Reuters' Philippe Wojazer

West Wing Edition ... Boston Globe A1, "=n trip, a more presidential look for Trump: His less dipl=matic side mostly under wraps abroad," by Annie Linskey in D.C.: "[H]is da=s overseas revealed that he's capable of avoiding major gaffes and of stic=ing, for the most part, to the script."

The takeaway ...=N.Y. Times A1, "Mild in Mideast, but Elbows Are Out in Europe: Trump=Is Rattling a Continent Eager to Jab Back," by Mark Landler and Mike Shear=in Taormina, Sicily: "[T]he smooth statesman celebrated in Saudi Arabia an= Israel is now being portrayed as the ugly American, trampling America's f=iends and trashing the trans-Atlantic alliance."

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Aides say the disrupter stance will pay dividends "in=the form of better trade deals and more equitable security arrangements."<=li>
Europe reacts — Erik Kirschbaum in=Berlin, for L.A. Times: "Across Europe, the =eaction to Trump's trip, and especially the NATO photo opp, was less than =haritable. Scotland's J.K. Rowling, the author of the 'Harry Potter' books=and a frequent Trump critic, posted a film clip of the Trump-Markovic [pus=ing] incident on Twitter: ... 'You tiny, tiny, tiny little man.'"

=strong>"Trump's image as an outsider continued in Italy on Friday=at the G-7 meeting in Taormina, Italy ... The presidents, chancellor and p=ime ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and the United King=om walked the streets of Taormina. Trump followed in a golf cart."=/strong>

N.Y. Times Quote of the Day ... Daniel Gros, president of the Center for European Policy Studies, on =rump's interactions with European leaders: ""Everybody sees that he's tryi=g to be a tough negotiator with the Europeans, whom he apparently views as=a bunch of weaklings. But nobody sees any use in firing back. They think there will be very little action on trade. Ultimately, they=think it's harmless."

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4. Muslim holy month begins

"Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event at State Department," by Reuters' Yeganeh Torbati:

"Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have=nearly always hosted either an iftar dinner to break the day's fast during=Ramadan or a reception marking the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the m=nth."

"Tillerson turned down a reque=t from the State Department's Office of Religion and Global Affairs to hos= an Eid al-Fitr reception."

"The month of fasting and prayer for Muslims gets under way [today] in many countri=s."

Why it matters: "His rejection .=. suggests there are no plans this year for any high-profile Ramadan funct=on at the State Department."

State's response: "W= are still exploring possible options for observance of Eid al-Fitr, which=marks the end of the month of Ramadan. U.S. ambassadors are encouraged to =elebrate Ramadan."

5. Mika salutes Zbig: "#HailToTheChief"

Mi=a's Instagram

Mika Brzezinski announced on Instagram: "My father passe= away peacefully tonight. He was known to his friends as Zbig, to his gran=children as Chief and to his wife as the enduring love of her life. I just=knew his as the most inspiring, loving and devoted father any girl could e=er have. I love you Dad❤️ #HailToTheChief."

=a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9713591.33738/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW=lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wNS8yNi91cy96Ymlnbmlldy1icnplemluc2tpLWRlYWQtbmF0aW9uYWwtc=VjdXJpdHktYWR2aXNlci10by1jYXJ0ZXIuaHRtbD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRt=21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c=4d77a8b8cB224bb701" target="_blank">N.Y. Times A1, "A Secur=ty Adviser With Decades of Influence," by Daniel Lewis: "Zbigniew Brzezins=i, the hawkish strategic theorist who was national security adviser to Pre=ident Jimmy Carter in the tumultuous years of the Iran hostage crisis and =he Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 1970s, died on Friday at a h=spital in Virginia. He was 89."

"Brzezinski, a=descendant of Polish aristocrats (his name is pronounced Z-BIG-nyehv breh-=HIHN-skee), ... was adept at seizing the spotlight and freezing out the of=icial spokesman on foreign policy, Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, prov=king conflicts that ultimately led to Mr. Vance's resignation."

<=>Another Mika Instagram post: "My father and mother both e=caped Europe before the start of World War II. They met in college and we'=e inseparable in the 6 decades that followed. Here they are in Greece so m=ny years ago. But that same love kept them close through tonight when my d=d passed away. We love you Dad." See the pic.

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6. If U.S. leaves Paris climate deal ...

Greenhouse gas emissions produced by Paris Agreement members from 1850 t= the present / AP

Breaking ... Trump tweets this a.m.: "I will make my final decision =n the Paris Accord next week!"

"Earth is likely to =it more dangerous levels of warming even sooner if the U.S. pulls back fro= its pledge to cut carbon dioxide pollution ... because America contribute= so much to rising temperatures, " AP's Seth Borenstein writes:

"Trump ... will s=on decide whether the United States stays in or leaves a 2015 Par=s climate change accord in which nearly every nation agreed to curb its gr=enhouse gas emissions."

AP "consulted with more t=an two dozen climate scientists and analyzed a special computer model scen=rio designed to calculate potential effects" if the U.S. pulls out=

"Calculations suggest it c=uld result in emissions of up to 3 billion tons of additional carbon dioxi=e in the air a year. When it adds up year after year, scientists said that=is enough to melt ice sheets faster, raise seas higher and trigger more ex=reme weather."

Why it matters: "=I]t could be worse because other countries might follow a U.S. exit."
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7. Clinton: Trump tapped "malicious nostalgia"

Clinton ('69) delivers commencement address yesterday in Wellesley, Mass= / AP's Josh Reynolds

Hillary friends say she's seething with rage and haunte= by losing to someone she considers a dumb, soulless manipulator ...
"She's okay. How about you?" .=. HRC interview with New York mag, "Hillary Clinton Is Furious. And Resign=d. And Funny. And Worried.The surreal post-election life," by Rebecca Trai=ter:

"Almost everywhere Clinton goes, it seem=, someone starts crying. ... At restaurants, in grocery stores, on planes,=and in the woods, there are lines of people wanting selfies, hugs, comfort="

"I had people literally se=king absolution. ... 'I'm so sorry I didn't vote. I didn't think =ou needed me.' I don't know how we'll ever calculate how many people thoug=t it was in the bag, because the percentages kept being thrown at people .=. I never bought any of that, but lots of people did."

Clinton knows that had she won, she would have governed =n a time of deep anti-feminist backlash: "You know what? ... I would have =oved to have had that problem. Look, I know what's out there. I have lived=it."

"Part of what my opponent did, =hich was brilliant ... was blow the top off: You can say whatever you want=about anybody else, and I'll tell you who to be against. I'll tell you who=you should be resentful of." The stories her campaign tried to tell, she s=ys, "were boring in comparison to the energy behind malicious nost=lgia."

Traister asked i= she's ever been in therapy, and she shakes her head: "Unh-uh. No. I have =ot. ... Well, we had some marital counseling in the late '90s, around our =ery difficult time, but that's all. ... That's not how I roll. I'm all for=it for anybody who's at all interested in it. It's just not how I deal wit= stuff."

Without saying his name, Hillary ('6=) goes after Trump at Wellesley commencement: "When people in power invent=their own facts and attack those who question them, it can mark the beginn=ng of the end of a free society."

"You are graduating <=strong>at a time when there is a full-fledged assault on truth and reason.=

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8. Bite of the day

Former Spe=ker John Boehner on Trump, at KPMG Global Energy Conference i= Houston this week, per Rigzone's Valerie Jones:

"Everything else he's done [in office, except n=tional security] has been a complete disaster ... He's still learning how =o be president."

Boehner, on re=igning from Congress: "I wake up every day, drink my morning coff=e and say: Hallelujah,! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!"

9. Lots of $$$ in self-driving cars

Barron's cover story, "Ford Races Toward an Exciting Fu=ure: New CEO Jim Hackett looks like an inspired choice to rev up Ford's se=f-driving car efforts and lift its stock," by Jack Hough (free link for Axio= AM readers):

"Over the next five years, Ford stock has an excellent chance of outperforming Tesla."

"Eight companies have plans to bring fully self-=riving cars to market within the next five years."

"IHS Markit, a researc= group, predicts 32% market penetration of highly autonomous cars by 2035.=

Driverless taxis (Uber and Lyft in the U.S., Gra=Taxi in Singapore) could roll out services in coming years "costing $1 a m=le, which compares favorably with the cost of car ownership."

"Gross revenues for Uber, Lyft, and others more t=an doubled last year to $36 billion. By 2030, they could multiply another =ight times."

10. 1 tasty thing: Top 10 new U.S. restaurants

"Food & Wine Restau=ants of the Year 2017: Lessons learned after a six-month, 45,=00-mile odyssey through hundreds of restaurants in 20 cities [continental =.S.] ... the 10 most magnetic openings of 2017":

Olmste=, Brooklyn

June's All Day, Austin
Roister, Chicago

Tartine Manufactory, San Francisco

Le Coucou, Lower Manhattan
The sleeper hit: Turkey and the Wolf, New Orleans
Here's Looking at You, L.A.

Tusk, Portland, Ore.

Rooster Sou= Co., Philadelphia

Waypoint, Cambridge, =ass.

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