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'Frightening': N.Y. Times suggests Trump 'intimidated' movie execs into not showing biopic

"The Apprentice" is not only the name of the hit reality show that featured Donald Trump during the 2000s — it is also the title of director Ali Abbasi's new movie about the former president's relationship with controversial attorney Roy Cohn, who served as counsel to the infamous Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) during the 1950s before representing a young Trump during the 1970s.

The New York Times' Michelle Goldberg discusses the film Friday, arguing that Trump and his allies are making a concerted effort to prevent U.S. audiences from seeing it.

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'Worldwide economic warfare': Ex-Treasury secretary's doomsday prediction spurs fear

Lawrence Summers, who served as the 71st Secretary of the Treasury under former President Bill Clinton, warned of “worldwide economic warfare” if Donald Trump implements his policy proposals, Bloomberg reports.

Summers spoke with Bloomberg Television’s Wall Street Week with David Westin on Friday, describing Trump’s policy ideas as “a prescription for the mother of all stagflations.

According to Bloomberg, Summers’ comments came on the heels of Trump, in a meeting with Republicans on Capitol Hill Thursday, floating “using tariff hikes as a way to pay for some income tax cuts.”

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Trump in that meeting “also proposed a minimum 10 percent universal import levy and a punitive rate for China,” Bloomberg reports.

Speaking to Westin on Friday, Summers warned there’s never “been a more inflationary presidential economic policy platform in my lifetime,” comparing the proposal to “George McGovern in 1972.”

Though Summers conceded Trump could be following the time-honored tradition of presidential candidates “not [being] serious about the things they say,” the former Treasury secretary described Trump’s public policy platform as an “irresponsible set of proposals.”

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NATO pushes to 'Trump-proof' Ukraine arms deliveries

NATO on Friday agreed to play a bigger role in coordinating weapon deliveries to Ukraine, as part of a Western push to ensure support continues whatever the results of November's US elections.

Faced with the looming spectre of a potential return to the White House for Donald Trump, Kyiv's backers are rushing to try to lock in commitments before aid from Washington might dry up.

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'Worst villain' Jim Jordan and J.D. Vance decimated by hometown newspaper

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) were compared unfavorably to one of their fellow Ohio Republicans by editorial staffers at one of the state's leading newspapers.

Four editors for Cleveland.com convened on the "Today in Ohio" podcast, where they highlighted Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) as the only GOP lawmaker to vote against holding U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over recordings from president Joe Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur.

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Trump’s RNC just praised several labor unions. But the unions have their own thoughts.

Donald Trump’s Republican National Committee is touting the role of union labor in building out Fiserv Forum and other venues for the party’s national convention next month in Milwaukee.

But the feelings of affection aren’t exactly mutual.

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Trump hurled 'F-bombs' then cooed loving words​​ to aide during stress rollercoaster: book

Former President Donald Trump boomeranged between hurling F-bombs and cooing loving words in conversations with his top medical adviser during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci reportedly reveals in his new book.

Trump told Fauci he would win the 2020 election in a "f---ing landslide" no matter what "all these other f---ing people think." He added that Fauci had cost the U.S. economy “one trillion f---ing dollars," and that President Joe Biden was a "f---er" whose "a--" he was going to "kick," the Daily Beast's coverage on Fauci's new book reports.

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CEOs startled that Trump 'couldn't keep a straight thought' during meeting: reporter

Donald Trump met in Washington, D.C., with a gathering of top business leaders who were reportedly surprised by what they encountered.

The former president and presumptive Republican nominee spoke Thursday at Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting, where he promised to cut taxes and roll back regulations if re-elected – and got laughed at for suggesting eliminating taxes on tips – but CNBC's Andrew Sorkin said some of the CEOs were alarmed by his behavior during the event.

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'Less capable in the brain' Trump mocked by elderly voters on CNN: 'How dumb was that?'

As Donald Trump turns 78 on Friday, CNN is reporting that he is losing the battle for voters close to his age who are becoming more active about keeping him out of the Oval Office as the presidential election nears.

Case in point, Gussie Farris, 86, a retired school counselor from Grand Rapids, who told CNN's Jeff Zeleny that Trump's brash style may make him seem a lot younger than President Joe Biden.

However, she added that that is misleading.

“Because Trump is big and loud, he doesn’t come off as old as maybe Biden does, but he’s way less capable in the brain area,” she said before laughing.

“I have people that come up to me because they know I’m a Democrat and say, ‘What can I do? I have to do something, find me something to do.’ I’ve never had that happen before,” she elaborated. “They don’t want Trump. They don’t want him to be the president. And I think they’re scared. They’re worried about our democracy and what he would do.”

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'Fell asleep a lot': Biden blasts birthday boy Trump with list of 78 'accomplishments'

Naps, bankruptcies, business failures, impeachments, lawsuits, scandals, election losses and criminal charges: Former President Donald Trump has one such "accomplishment" for every year of his life, according to President Joe Biden.

And Biden should know — he counted.

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Morning Joe fact-checks RNC 'sleazebags' pushing 'cheap fakes' to make Biden look feeble

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski hammered right-wing media for spreading misleading photos and video that falsely appear to show president Joe Biden wandering away from a group of world leaders.

A social media account managed by Donald Trump campaign shared a clip that appeared to show the president doddering off from the gathering at the G7 summit Thursday before the Italian prime minister alerts him to a group photo, and the New York Post and other outlets owned by Rupert Murdoch seized on the video to suggest Biden was too old and infirm to be re-elected.

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'Bizarre rambles': New Yorker writer examines Trump's 'age-related diminishment'

The New Yorker's Susan Glasser on Friday took stock of former President Donald Trump's lengthy rant to congressional Republicans on Friday that one member compared to the ramblings of a "drunk uncle."

Taking in Trump's performance as a whole, Glasser expressed shock that President Joe Biden is facing intense media scrutiny for his age while Trump seems to be getting a pass.

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G7 summit turns to simmering tensions with China

G7 leaders meeting in Italy turn their attention to China on Friday, from security in the Asia-Pacific to how best to protect their industries while avoiding an outright trade war with Beijing.

After a first day dominated by Ukraine, US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan, Italy, France, Germany, Canada and Britain opened the second day of their summit in Puglia with talks on migration.

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Battles rage in Rafah as Biden blames Hamas for truce delay

Israeli helicopters struck Rafah on Thursday, residents said, with militants reporting street battles in the southern Gazan city as President Joe Biden called Hamas the “biggest hang-up” to another truce.

Tensions were also soaring on Israel’s northern border, with more attacks by Hamas ally Hezbollah targeting military positions and a civilian reported killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon.

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