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<p><strong>White House officials talk</strong> freely about putting "fences= around President Trump and his decision-making to protect him from his se=f-indulgent instincts.</p><p><span></span><strong>The wall strategy</stron=> has worked pretty well so far on national security. National Security Ad=iser H.R. McMaster demanded and got control of the National Security Counc=l, and set up a process for keeping SecDef Mattis, SecState Tillerson and =omeland Security Secretary Kelly in the loop \u2014 and, as importantly= keeping others outside it. </p><p><strong>Inside the defense wall</strong=, the principals work hard to present Trump with black-and-white options i= brief, visual ways. The wall has successfully guarded against unforced in=ernational errors.</p><p><span></span><strong>No such wall exists</strong>=on the home front, which helps explain unexplainable mistakes like the han=ling of the Comey firing. So <strong>governing by grievance</strong> runs =nimpeded. An overnight AP headline captures the madness: "<a href="http:=/link.axios.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5hbmNlLnlhaG9vLmNvbS9uZX=zL3RydW1wLWNvbnRyYWRpY3RzLXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlLXJlYXNvbnMtY29tZXktZmlyaW5nLTA3N=cwMDg0NS0tcG9saXRpY3MuaHRtbD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1l=WFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBc53ac" target="_blank">Trump contradicts White House</a>."</p><div><ul>=li><strong>Sound smart: </strong>The one idea floating for tighter control=on domestic policy is an even bigger role for the Jared/Ivanka/Gary Cohn w=ng. BUT Trump so far has resisted an internal push for more order.</li></u=></div>
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<p><strong>Speed read</strong> on a day of epic reversals, revelations, con=radictions and "<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0c=M6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wNS8xMS91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1jb21leS1z=G93Ym9hdC1mYmkuaHRtbD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ=dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB575bd67a= target="_blank">whiplash</a>"<strong>:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Top =f WashPost front page,</strong> "<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/95x37.32906/aHR0cDovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vd29ybGQvbmF0aW9uYWwtc2V=dXJpdHkvYWN0aW5nLWZiaS1kaXJlY3Rvci1zZXQtdG8tdGVzdGlmeS1iZWZvcmUtY29uZ3Jlc3=pb25hbC1jb21taXR0ZWUtaW4tcG90ZW50aWFsbHktZXhwbG9zaXZlLWhlYXJpbmcvMjAxNy8wN=8xMC81MTczYTVjZS0zNWRmLTExZTctYjRlZS00MzRiNmQ1MDZiMzdfc3RvcnkuaHRtbD91dG1f)1cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHR=cl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB380050d7" target="_blank">FBI's ac=ing chief is sharply at odds with White House</a>": "Acting FBI director A=drew McCabe ... said that the bureau considered the probe of possible coor=ination between the Kremlin and the Trump [campaign] team ... a 'highly si=nificant investigation' and that it would not be derailed."</li><li><span>=/span><strong>"Trump [told NBC's Lester Holt]</strong><strong> </strong>th=t he had decided to fire ... Comey regardless of whether the Justice Depar=ment recommended it, calling the ousted director 'a showboat' and 'a grand=tander.' Trump's ... contradicted previous White House statements."<em> (<= href="http://link.axios.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sYXRpbWV=LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy9sYS1uYS1wb2xpdGljcy10cnVtcC1jb21leS0yMDE3MDUxMS1zdG9yeS=odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnb=1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBc5b1898e" target="_bl=nk">L.A. Times</a>)</em></li><li><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/=lick/9597837.32906/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uYmNuZXdzLmNvbS9uZXdzL3VzLW5ld3MvdHJ1bXA=cmV2ZWFscy1oZS1hc2tlZC1jb21leS13aGV0aGVyLWhlLXdhcy11bmRlci1pbnZlc3RpZ2F0aW=uLW43NTc4MjE_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2Nhb=BhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB6adcd475" target="_blank">Trump to Holt</a></strong>, during the 31-minute interview: "I =ctually asked him. ... I said: 'If it's possible, would you let me know, a= I under investigation?' He said: 'You are not under investigation.'"<em> =/em><em>(</em><i><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0=DovL3d3dy5jbm4uY29tLzIwMTcvMDUvMTEvcG9saXRpY3MvdHJhbnNjcmlwdC1kb25hbGQtdHJ=bXAtbmJjLW5ld3MvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV=jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB9dff416f" ta=get="_blank">Transcript</a>)</i></li><li><span></span><strong>"<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uYmNuZXdzLmNvb=9uZXdzL2ludmVzdGlnYXRpb25zL215LWRpbm5lci1jb21leS1jdXJyZW50LWZvcm1lci1mYmkt=2ZmaWNpYWxzLWRpc3B1dGUtdHJ1bXAtYWNjb3VudC1uNzU4MjIxP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2x=dHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5893924c17c54d77a8b8cBd5d0aa52" target="_blank">My Dinner With Comey</a>=</strong> Current and Former FBI Officials Dispute Trump Account of Meetin= With FBI Director," by NBC's Ken Dilanian and Peter Williams: "The Januar= dinner meeting between the two men, [sources close to Comey] said, was re=uested by the White House. ... [A] former senior FBI official said Comey w=uld never have told the president he was not under investigation."</li></u=>
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<p><strong>MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, </strong>who was communications dire=tor to President George W. Bush, to Brian Willams on MSNBC's "11th Hour": =I was never sent out to lie. And if I had [been], I woulda quit."</p><p><s=rong>David Axelrod </strong>to CNN's Don Lemon: "Had there not been a leak=[to the WashPost], Michael Flynn might <em>yet</em> be the national securi=y adviser ... It was <em>only </em>the leak that provoked the White House =o finally get rid of Flynn, when they <em>should</em> have fired him as so=n as Sally Yates reported on the information that she had."</p><p><strong>=arc Thiessen, </strong>former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, t= Fox's Martha MacCallum: "It is [supposedly] a political conspiracy to kil= an investigation that he's not a target of. It makes no sense. ... There'= no conspiracy here. ... When the president's pleasure ends, so does [Come='s] tenure."</p><p><strong>Third Way's Matt Bennett</strong> to Fox's Mart=a MacCallum, on reports that Trump privately "badgered" Comey: "Imagine if=Hillary Clinton, as president, had done that."</p>
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<p>At Koch Agronomic Services, scientists like John and his team are discov=ring completely natural ways to feed more people. <a href="http://link.a=ios.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0cHM6Ly9iZXZvLXVzLWVhc3QtMS5hZHNuYXRpdmUuY2=tL2NrP3VybD1odHRwOi8vYnMuc2VydmluZy1zeXMuY29tL3NlcnZpbmcvYWRTZXJ2ZXIuYnM_Y=4lM0R0cmQlMjZtYyUzRGNsaWNrJTI2cGxpJTNEMjEzNzM0MjklMjZQbHVJRCUzRDAlMjZvcmQl=0QxNDk0NTQ1MzU1MjQ3JmRhdGE9T1RBMU5HWTNNR05tTXpJNE5HWXlNREUyTkRreU5qY3pNVEU=TkRZMU1UYzJOREV5WVRZNFlqWmxZVFkwWVRRMU0ySXlORGhtT1RGaE1XWTBOVE0yT1RReFlUa3=aREEyTVRZMll6QmxPRE14Wm1JeVpEYzVaVFEwTjJJMFlqSmxPVFkyTVRFM01UVTNOek5rT0RWb=1tRTVOMkV4TmpJNFlqazFOR1EzWkdSaE56QTJZV1V6WW1NeVltUXlNamd3T0RJNVlXVmpNRFEy=WpJMVpUSmpaREU0TlRrMk9XSXdPV0UwTXpNeE9UbGlOemsyTjJRMk9USXlNakZqTWprd016WXh=RFUxTmpoa01UYzJabUkwWWpGallUa3laVEUwTjJZNVpEQXdObU01T1RNM04yTm1PVEEyT0dZMF=UTTBaR0V5TkRVek5USTFNRE5tTkRWbE56WXlOakUwWkROall6YzFPRFV5WVdVek1EVTJaR1EwT=RBME1UUTVPR1EzTWpSbE9XVTVOMlF6WkRnME1UaGxaVGN5T1RSaE5ESmhPRE00TVdZME1XVSUz=CZzaWQ9MDBjZDMwOGU2ZmI2NDJmNmE3ODE4MGU1MDJkMWZmOGVfOTE2ZTNkNWMlMjZkZWFjdGl=YXRlX2RlZHVwZSUzRDEmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdX=tX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBeaaf9892"=target ="_blank" class="adLink">Learn more about what we do.</a></p>
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<p><strong>This rhymes with what's being said on Fox, and is worth reading =... Frank Luntz,</strong> the Republican consultant and pollster (who can =hannel Trump partisans, but has also been critical of him), is quoted in t=e N.Y. Times ("Quote of the Day"!) on how people who are sympathetic to Tr=mp believe he is once again being held to an unfair standard: </p><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><strong>"In a word, </strong>they see him as their =oice. And when their voice is shouted down, disrespected or simply ignored= that is an attack on them, not just an attack on Trump."</p><div><strong>=akeaways from the p. A17</strong> <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9837.32906/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wNS8xMS91cy9wb2xpdGljcy=mb3ItdHJ1bXAtc3VwcG9ydGVycy10aGUtcmVhbC1vdXRyYWdlLWlzLXRoZS1sZWZ0cy11cHJvY=Itb3Zlci1jb21leS5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWls=nV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB0d583a=0" target="_blank">article by Jeremy Peters</a>, "Resentful of Criticism= Conservatives Dig In in Defense of the President" (online: "For Trump Sup=orters, the Real Outrage Is the Left's Uproar Over Comey"), </div><ul> <li=<strong>"More clearly </strong>than other recent Trump-induced uproars, th= reaction to the Comey firing illustrated how many conservatives now justi=y their defense of the president as part of a fight against a rising tide =f overreaction and manufactured hysteria by the left. Mr. Trump ... has he=ped stoke those resentments."</li><li><strong>"On Facebook,</strong> Repub=icans shared the 1993 C-Span footage of Bill Clinton's announcement that h= had fired William S. Sessions, the only other F.B.I. director to be dismi=sed ... [H]e had abused his federally funded travel privileges."</li><li><=pan></span><strong>"Erick Erickson, </strong>the writer and radio host who=has called for an independent investigation, ... called the cries of const=tutional crisis 'hysterics': 'Russiaism is the new Birtherism.'"</li><li><=pan></span><strong>"National Review,</strong> which ... sided against Mr. =rump [during the campaign, but has been friendlier since then], ... backed=his decision to fire Mr. Comey."</li></ul>
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<p>Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.), right, and=Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), brief reporters on Capitol Hill ye=terday following a closed-door meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Ro=enstein / AP's Jacquelyn Martin</p>
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<p><strong>We hear </strong>that House and Senate Republicans plan to begin=work, probably next month, on a budget that will balance within 10 years meaning it'll have to include entitlement reform and chop some fa=orite Dem projects.</p><ul><li><strong>The kicker:</strong> Trump plans an=<strong>even more draconian </strong>budget that'll gut some popular domes=ic programs. </li><li><strong>Be smart: </strong>A White House budget is a=ways purely symbolic. But these two moves, taken together, will cheer up c=nservatives and fire up Democrats as they head into next year's midterm el=ctions. </li></ul><p><strong>Tracking power ...</strong> With the memorabl= headline "<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0cHM6Ly=3cuYmxvb21iZXJnLmNvbS9uZXdzL2FydGljbGVzLzIwMTctMDUtMTEvdGhlLWVjb25vbWlzdaG8taGVscGVkLXdyaXRlLXRydW1wLXMtdGF4LXBsYW4taW4tZml2ZS1kYXlzP3V0bV9zb3Vy=2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F=aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBdeff9859" target="_blank">The Economist=Who Helped Write</a> Trump's Tax Plan in Five Days," Bloomberg profiles on= of the most powerful people in the White House who you may not have heard=of ... <strong>Shahira Knight</strong>, Special Assistant to the President=for Tax and Retirement Policy, and a key player in the tax-reform fight ah.<em> (</em><strong><em><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9597837.36/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2hpdGVob3VzZS5nb3YvdGhlLXByZXNzLW9mZmljZS8yMDE3LzAyLz=3L3doaXRlLWhvdXNlLW5hdGlvbmFsLWVjb25vbWljLWNvdW5jaWwtZGlyZWN0b3ItYW5ub3VuY=VzLXNlbmlvci1zdGFmZj91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1=G1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBe18b0075"=target="_blank">White House bio</a>)</em></strong><br></p>
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<p><strong>The 10-point plan </strong>was announced by Commerce Secretary W=lbur Ross at a 5 p.m. White House briefing, but reporters couldn't post un=il 11 p.m. </p><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><strong>Per the <a href="=ttp://link.axios.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hcnRpY=xlcy90cnVtcC1hZG1pbmlzdHJhdGlvbi1hbm5vdW5jZXMtZGVhbC13aXRoLWNoaW5hLXRvLWJv=3N0LWV4cG9ydHMtMTQ5NDU1ODAwMD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1=bWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBf6fe7" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a>:</strong> "After months=of bashing China for its trade practices, the Trump administration said it=had agreed with Beijing on a broad range of measures aimed at improving th= access of American beef producers, electronic-payments providers and natu=al-gas exporters, among others, to the world's second-largest economy."</p=<ul><li><strong>Ross:</strong> "U.S.-China relationships are now hitting a=new high especially in trade."</li><li><strong>"One factor</strong> that a=peared to be driving the timing of the announcement was [Chinese President=Xi Jinping's] upcoming 'One Belt One Road' summit, which is aimed at reviv=ng the Silk Road trading route."</li><li><strong>Be smart,</strong> from <= href="http://link.axios.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3M=Y29tL2NoaW5hLXRvLWVuZC1iYW4tb24tdS1zLWJlZWYtaW1wb3J0cy0yNDAzODY3NzgyLmh0bW=_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld=NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB600f4169" target="_blank">=xios' Shannon Vavra</a>: <strong>The agreement is "underwhelming" and "mos=ly aspirational," </strong>an international trade expert tells Axios note the language: the U.S. "welcomes China," China "may proceed," t=e U.S. "recognizes," the U.S. "remains committed," and so on. This leaves = lot of questions as to what weight this agreement will ultimately hold.</=i></ul>
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<p><strong>Shot ... </strong>Trump to <a href="http://link.axios.com/clic=/9597837.32906/aHR0cDovL3RpbWUuY29tLzQ3NzU2MzMvZG9uYWxkLXRydW1wLXN0ZXBoZW4=Y29sYmVydC1jbm4tbXNuYmMtY2hyaXMtY3VvbW8vP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dGWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17Td77a8b8cB13fe2fe9" target="_blank">TIME</a>: "You see a no-talent guy =ike Colbert. There's nothing funny about what he says. And what he says is=filthy. And you have kids watching. And it only builds up my base. It only=helps me, people like him. The guy was dying. By the way they were going t= take him off television, then he started attacking me and he started doin= better. But his show was dying. I've done his show. \u2026 But when I =id his show, which by the way was very highly rated. It was high \u2014=highest rating. The highest rating he's ever had."</p><p><strong>Chaser ..=</strong> <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0cHM6Ly9l0dGVyLmNvbS9jb2xiZXJ0bGF0ZXNob3cvc3RhdHVzLzg2MjgzODA2NzkzNzM4MjQwMD91dG291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xld=Rlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBb726caed" target="_blank">Stephe= Colbert on last night's show</a>: "The President of the United States has=personally come after me <em>and</em> my show. And there's only one thing =o say: <em>He-he-he-he! Yaaaay! Yaaaay!" </em><em>Audience applauds, chant=: "Ste-phen! Ste-phen!"</em> </p><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><strong>"=r. Trump</strong>, there's a<em> lot</em> you don't understand. But I neve= thought one of those things would be<em> show business.</em> Don't you kn=w? I've been trying for a <em>year</em> to get you to say my name. ... I w=n!"<em> (<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0cHM6Ly93<ueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_dj1fd012SXRJRE1QVSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXI=dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993927c54d77a8b8cBf007be28" target="_blank">Video</a>)</em></p><p><strong>B=nus fun thing ... </strong>Today's N.Y. Times' <a href="http://link.axio=.com/click/9597837.32906/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY3Jvc3N3b3Jkcy9nY=1lL2RhaWx5LzIwMTcvMDUvMTI_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1h=WwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB2d7e0" target="_blank">crossword</a> is a collaboration between former Pr=sident Bill Clinton and the Arkansas district court judge Victor Fleming o= Little Rock. A Times release: "[T]his is the first time any U.S. presiden= is known to have had a crossword published and for the special puzzle, th= usual crossword paywall has been lifted."<em> Celebrity collaborations wi=l continue periodically through the year. </em></p><p style="margin-left= 20px;"><strong>Will Shortz,</strong> crossword editor, in a <a href="ht=p://
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