Subject: Playbook Power Briefing, presented by Delta Air Lines: Capitol Hill skeptical after Trump’s summit with Kim
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Today's Playbook Power Briefing presented by Delta Air Lines 
            
By ANNA PALMER ([email-masked]; @apalmerdc), JAKE SHERMAN ([email-masked]; @JakeSherman), DANIEL LIPPMAN ([email-masked]; @dlippman) and ZACH MONTELLARO ([email-masked]; @ZachMontellaro)

        
NO REAL SURPRISE HERE ... CAPITOL HILL is decidedly skeptical about North Korea denuclearizing. 

-- SPEAKER PAUL RYAN: "For decades, American policy toward North Korea has failed, and I commend the president for not accepting the status quo. As negotiations now advance, there is only one acceptable final outcome: complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization. We must always be clear that we are dealing with a brutal regime with a long history of deceit. Only time will tell if North Korea is serious this time, and in the meantime we must continue to apply maximum economic pressure. The road ahead is a long one, but today there is hope that the president has put us on a path to lasting peace in the Korean peninsula."

-- SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS CHAIRMAN BOB CORKER (R-TENN.): "While I am glad the president and Kim Jong Un were able to meet, it is difficult to determine what of concrete nature has occurred. I look forward to having Secretary Pompeo before our committee soon to share his insights and look forward to carrying out our oversight responsibilities."

-- HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI (D-CALIF.): "In his haste to reach an agreement, President Trump elevated North Korea to the level of the United States while preserving the regime's status quo."

-- HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ED ROYCE (R-CALIF.): "I look forward to a detailed briefing from the administration on the talks and any specific commitments North Korea has made toward denuclearization. Congress has an important oversight role in this process. Throughout, we must press Beijing and others to continue complying fully with all sanctions against the North Korean regime. Kim Jong Un should not receive a dime of relief until he fully and verifiably denuclearizes."

ALSO ... It's going to be tough to remove troops from South Korea. CNN'S MANU RAJU (@mkraju): "Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of Senate GOP leadership, was cautious about the North Korea talks, telling us 'we may have started on a path to denuclearization.' But he added that: 'I'd be concerned about any discussion about removing troops from Korea.'" 

... FROM SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FLA.) -- @marcorubio: "Should be skeptical of any deal with #KJU Limits to future strategic weapons instead of eliminating current program not an acceptable outcome. Hope I'm wrong but still believe they will never give up nukes & ICBM's unless believe failure to do so triggers regime ending reaction ... 

... "One more thing about KJU. While I know @potus is trying to butter him up to get a good deal, #KJU is NOT a talented guy. He inherited the family business from his dad & grandfather. He is a total weirdo who would not be elected assistant dog catcher in any democracy."

WHAT TO WATCH FOR ... Most presidents would ask for a meeting of the top four congressional leaders to lay out what he has agreed to. Will Trump himself brief Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Pelosi?

Good Tuesday afternoon. WHAT'S ON STEVE SCALISE'S MIND ... The No. 3 House Republican sat down with us this morning for a Playbook Interview in front of a packed house at the D.C. Bar headquarters and made some news. He told us he thinks Republicans will hold the majority in the House and that he thinks Speaker Paul Ryan will finish out his full term. He also weighed in on North Korea, the discharge petition and more. Full video of today's event http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c7cc898fd5fd00c6c84aadc3243fa177a7fab7f81248c45b6bdac9b69bc876be5af8de7cd4a239fdc 

-- ON NORTH KOREA: "To have North Korea -- Kim Jong Un -- say that he commits to denuclearize, that's an important step. Now let's go and follow through on it." 

-- ON ENDING WAR GAMES: "I think the military presence in South Korea is still going to be maintained ... [President Trump] said he wants to bring them home, but that he's not going to bring them home until he gets a true, verifiable denuclearization. And so as long as you got the troops there, I think what they are talking about -- what these war games are -- actual attempts [or] training exercises to invade North Korea. I don't think anyone is expecting an invasion of North Korea, but the military presence remains." 

-- HE'S 'HOPEFUL' THE DISCHARGE PETITION WILL FADE AWAY: "I don't want to see a discharge petition and I've been working actively to stop it. ... I don't think they're going to get a discharge petition. You just saw [Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.)] come out saying he won't sign a discharge petition. I know that I talked -- and other members of our leadership team talked -- to Dennis about his concerns. I think it was important that he -- and others that we have spoken to -- that were going to sign ultimately didn't sign the discharge petition. ... I am very hopeful it won't happen tonight."

-- HIS CASE FOR MCCARTHY FOR SPEAKER: "He's got a very good relationship with President Trump. As majority leader you can see the bills. He schedules the floor, and we've moved I think a very strong agenda through the House. ... Kevin and I worked very closely to put those coalitions together to pass that agenda forward."

-- SCALISE DEFINITIVELY RULES OUT RUNNING FOR LA GOV in 2019: "No." JAKE: "Period. No way?" SCALISE: "No! ... Are you going to run?" Jake is not running, either!

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MORE ON THE SUMMIT...

-- ELIANA JOHNSON in Singapore: "Inside Trump and Kim's 'science fiction movie'": "It was the North Korean dictator who best captured the day. Strolling with President Donald Trump along a colonnade at their luxury resort summit moments after their historic handshake, Kim Jong Un said that many people would think the scene came straight out of 'a science fiction movie.'"

"He was right: The landmark summit between the two men was far out in almost every way, from the array of U.S. and North Korean flags draped side by side to the lunchtime menu of Korean delicacies alongside beef and potatoes. There were other bizarre elements, like the North Korean security official clad in latex gloves who emerged to inspect and swab down a pen Kim used to sign a vaguely worded commitment to a process of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c1c07637efbe9f1b235b976fca1c5cbefa7d36879c8160c11a41f6ebcee595c2757a5ad6e88ede9c8 ... Eliana's tweet with a pic of that NK security official http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c1c8a7ccb48343cd10a1a2ddf7a891f043232d5d6e72c99af79b020c11d79ebfb2800efd775bf2d5a 

-- REUTERS' JOSH SMITH in SEOUL: "Trump surprises with pledge to end military exercises in South Korea": "A spokeswoman for U.S. military forces in Korea ... said it had not received any direction to cease joint military drills. 'USFK has received no updated guidance on execution or cessation of training exercises -- to include this fall's schedule Ulchi Freedom Guardian,' U.S. Forces in Korea spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer Lovett said in a statement. ...

"The Pentagon was not immediately able to flesh out Trump's remarks about suspending drills, a move the U.S. military has long resisted." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c8cc8e5f226c9f231c61c1a3d76916549563e9f0b88febcbeffe8df820b9b3c41d484acf8e24d4cfd 

-- MICHAEL CROWLEY: "Decoding Trump's most revealing statements on North Korea" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323ce4549ac9a08b9c67bf9bb1b35385a9e4a4613b0503c59b6d1ce295bade11913b4ebf8d50218de24b 

-- TRUMP sat down in Singapore with GRETA VAN SUSTEREN of VOA News -- GRETA: "What surprised you about Kim Jong Un?" TRUMP: "Really, he's got a great personality. He's a funny guy, he's very smart, he's a great negotiator. He loves his people, not that I'm surprised by that, but he loves his people." ... 

GRETA: "Because this is Voice of America it will be heard in North Korea by the citizens of DPRK of North Korea. What do you want to say directly to the citizens of North Korea?" 

TRUMP: "Well, I think you have somebody that has a great feeling for them. He wants to do right by them and we got along really well. We had a great chemistry - you understand how I feel about chemistry. It's very important." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323ca68f9aede3f4a28ee1e390e4bedffd3ea00c5c7e4f1dd27da5cf428ec007839c9c2d76e137a310c2 ... Pic of Trump, Greta and her team http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c269eb44af95cff568a7c1297a5d1cf9b0e019456405e8c7cbde56d65a6101cf397aa43bc34ce1fd5 

CHANGING HIS TUNE ... -- "Peter Navarro Apologizes For 'Inappropriate' Comments Against Trudeau," by Bloomberg's Jenny Leonard and Reade Pickert: "'My job was to send a signal of strength,' he said at a conference in Washington on Tuesday. 'The problem was that in conveying that message I used language that was inappropriate.'

"'I own that, that was my mistake, those were my words.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c929ad290300bae5a25b07f2b7cdf3b5f2d7e2b2509a6a3ab47c359bfd88a06e9eeab77e69d345aca

MCCONNELL ON TRUMP -- NBC NEWS' HEIDI PRZYBYLA -- "'For people like me, this has been an extraordinarily satisfying year and a half,' McConnell said in an interview with NBC News. He cited taxes, deregulation, numerous court appointments and opening up the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling. 'On those issues,' said McConnell, 'we couldn't have asked for a better partner' than President Donald Trump.

"Trump was elected as a populist, channeling the frustration of many voters who felt overlooked by the powers in Washington. And yet on those core GOP issues, McConnell told NBC News, 'he's indistinguishable from what we would have expected from a Marco Rubio or a Jeb Bush' as president. For the past 100 years, McConnell noted, Republicans have been in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress for only about 20 years." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c4fac2bbdf779a2b4915257a39f613d1637177c28b6dc116a784a39102b6edb7825239dbe2d51de03 

PLAYBOOK INBOX -- From Cohen Communications: "Join Ivana Trump for a Media Reception at the Plaza on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 5-7 p.m. ... Eat pasta, cookies and lose weight" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323cb984557d5b2aa47d3c458b23ee7fbdabd288488d38ef5b82ec94f1ea01ab9f6f71f6157e1b1e1535 

2018 WATCH -- NYT'S ALEX BURNS: "Obama-Linked Group to Mobilize Democrats in Battle for House": "The group, Organizing for Action, which emerged from the vestiges of Mr. Obama's old campaign operation, intends to deploy organizers in 27 Republican-held congressional districts that could be key to a Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives. Their mission, officials with the group said, will be to coordinate and train volunteers and deploy them to help Democrats in states from California to North Carolina.

"In addition, the organization will focus on several elections that may affect the redrawing of the congressional map after the 2020 census; these include races for governor in states such as Florida and Wisconsin and redistricting-themed ballot referendums in Colorado and Michigan. ... The focus is to be wholly on the general election, [spokesman Jesse] Lehrich said: Organizing for Action will not meddle in Democratic primaries." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c1aa90af3687418a9ab79d827702cd3d5e0daf0f69595325b2f34992e90ab0c4db7de37940b5a36f7 

-- ISAAC DOVERE'S latest OFF MESSAGE podcast: "'The Baton Got Dropped': Obama Alums Run to Finish What He Started" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c65b552276387b1edc5bdc8cb7e434906e5ab0759bdde00d69a945a033b3ecd1f5387e307587b9f34 

THE INVESTIGATIONS ...

-- JOSH GERSTEIN: "Judge orders Mueller to identify unnamed figures in Manafort indictment": "A federal judge has ordered special counsel Robert Mueller to identify by Friday all the individuals and organizations involved in former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's alleged scheme to lobby on behalf of Ukraine without registering as a foreign agent under U.S. law.

"Among the people Mueller will be required to identify to the defense are top European former politicians who took part in the influence campaign, as well as others whose testimony Manafort has been accused of trying to influence in recent months. Manafort's alleged effort to shape the accounts of those people led to two new felony obstruction of justice charges last week." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c6cfc3034510c7a616b7892f8cbd51923a1d3881ac44ab2c22e3dec1f710a68fd2bfc365c1d0c2445 

-- "Democrats Want To Interview Ivanka Trump In The Russia Probe," by BuzzFeed's Emma Loop: "Multiple Democrats on [the Senate Intelligence Committee,which is] leading the congressional investigations into Russian election interference say they want to interview Ivanka Trump as part of the probe." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c261c7114b89d75398480bdb3c72d9d83ab3d4f6ef21b7aaaeda92ccde679cf78a4495f38c6c5091b 

AFTERNOON READ -- "The Quest of Laurene Powell Jobs," by David Montgomery on the cover of this Sunday's upcoming WaPo Magazine: With cameos from Tim Cook, Arne Duncan, Davis Guggenheim, David Bradley and Ted Leonsis  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323cb59871dc28459cbe45b1bb0af6851d970d0ac70101ba6d44c4a461231230f6009d5a1da936fea8bb 

-- SPOTTED: Powell Jobs and Jose Andres taking part in the Caps parade. 

SPORTS BLINK -- "How 3 Letters From Trump Might Help Bring the 2026 World Cup to the U.S.," by NYT's Andrew Das: "Since March, Mr. Trump has provided United States soccer officials with three letters addressed to Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, soccer's global governing body. Each letter, part of an extensive but largely unseen United States government effort to support the bid, contained increasingly specific guarantees that foreign teams, officials and even fans will face no restrictions on entering the U.S. for World Cup matches in 2026 if their countries qualify for the tournament. In effect, the letters assured officials voting on the event that Mr. Trump's hard-line stance on
 visas would not apply to the World Cup." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c0d838342f8826c8d354c6c59d548691fd460fb03a56cba6a454b2c994190474ce392ee181a889428 

OUT AND ABOUT -- The Newseum on Monday held the Washington premiere of "Shock and Awe," a feature film about the Knight Ridder journalists who questioned the Bush administration's justification for the Iraq War. The movie, which will be released July 13, features Woody Harrelson as Jonathan Landay, Rob Reiner as John Walcott, Tommy Lee Jones as Joe Galloway and James Marsden as Warren Strobel. Trailer  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323ca841a03d23488aa09ef27d5518f5c0d656059afc2e55b83c0310871d1362dcc5927eecef1001b33e ... Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323cd4b26d5d042ba12087d4c710b16c2aa81ac90835dab25ab308f8103ef356527cc056719b19a68a62 

SPOTTED: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Rob Reiner, Michele Singer, John Walcott, Jonathan Landay, Warren Strobel, Joe Galloway, Craig Forman, Kristin Roberts, Walter Pincus, Robert Schmuhl, Al Hunt, Norm Ornstein, David Corn, Eric Schmitt, Bob Costa, John Brennan, Richard Armitage, Clark Hoyt, Sandy Johnson, Tony Ridder, Jerry Ceppos, Ron Hutcheson, Jeff Mason, Anita Kumar, Lesley Clark, Wendy Benjaminson, Jim Kuhnhenn, and Tim Johnson.

BUSH ALUMNI: JIM NICHOLSON is now on the board of visitors of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in an appointment by President Trump. Nicholson, is a graduate of West Point, and a retired Army colonel and served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, and VA secretary.

TRANSITIONS -- Maureen Shanahan is the new head of corporate communications at Coinbase. She previously was SVP at SKDKnickerbocker and is an Adam Schiff alum. ... Zach Graves has started as head of policy and managing director of the new D.C. office of the Lincoln Network. He previously was a senior fellow at R Street Institute. ... Michael Aciman is now comms director for Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.). He previously was deputy press secretary at the NYC Department of Education. ...

... Lucas Schleusener joined Avicenna Strategy as director of public policy. He is an Obama-era Defense alum. ... Sam Harper joined Locust Street Group as principal. He was previously at Burson-Marsteller.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Pete Schroeder, financial correspondent in the D.C. bureau of Reuters, and Megan Schroeder, lead pharmacologist at the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, recently welcomed twin girls Celia and Ruby Schroeder. Pics http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323cf37821164fdd343e12829d97d105764e8e3a2fdb339773e6b1e77636aa5e3902d2f234f76bbd094e ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c02b3b789ca0caaa88a77d5362a81b9e0919ed1ec2bbe41d30845bc1b5e7152207d7e63d225a3a637 

- Michael Layman, VP of federal government relations at the International Franchise Association, and Christi Layman, government relations manager at Ulman Public Policy, recently welcomed Gabrielle Joy Layman. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c424df597099264d6c0a4722ec4043e4aa56cec54782ea4178511361044eeb20db031d8220ce5e91b

BONUS BIRTHDAY: Matt Mowers, chief of staff and chief policy officer at PEPFAR and a Trump campaign alum. A fun fact about Matt: "When I was younger I lived abroad in Barbados and Venezuela (pre-Ch&aacute;vez era). The experience in both, but particularly Venezuela given the current crisis, made me learn the value of strong institutions and a lifestyle we often take for granted in the United States." Read his Playbook Plus Q&A: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8bcd9378c171323c40e38c7bb429f9476e7d8e7e5d3f3f89ce274b4176fd9e84a40190d0f24dd67948fb287022411218 

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