"Received many calls from leaders of NATO countries thanking me for helping to bring them together and to get them focused on financial obligations, both present & future. We had a truly great Summit that was inaccurately covered by much of the media. NATO is now strong & rich!"

Meanwhile in the real world

"Germany's foreign minister said on Monday Europe could not rely on Donald Trump and needed to close ranks after the U.S. president called the European Union a 'foe' with regard to trade.

"'We can no longer completely rely on the White House,' Heiko Maas told the Funke newspaper group. 'To maintain our partnership with the USA we must readjust it. The first clear consequence can only be that we need to align ourselves even more closely in Europe.' He added: 'Europe must not let itself be divided however sharp the verbal attacks and absurd the tweets may be.'"

In Wonderland, the Trump Putin meeting to be covered exclusively by Pravda.
CHRIS WALLACE will interview Putin after the summit. SEAN HANNITY and TUCKER CARLSON will separately interview Trump in Helsinki after his Putin meeting.

Meanwhile in the real world
@HillaryClinton: "Great World Cup. Question for President Trump as he meets Putin: Do you know which team you play for?"

Caution for Tweedle Dum and Pravda, "(Arizona) hasn't been actively contested in the past few elections — but even before Trump took office, there were signs that it would be on the 2020 playing field. Trump's 2016 margin of victory — 3.5 percentage points — was much closer than Mitt Romney's 9.1-point win just four years earlier. The POLITICO poll shows voters haven't warmed to Trump since then. A majority of voters, 54 percent, disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president, the poll shows. Just 44 percent approve of his job performance. (Arizona?)

Courtesy the Playbook
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