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Donald Trump is wrapping up his foreign trip and one theme has emerged: The U.S. president likes things to be about him.

Group settings, with the “family pictures,” hobnobbing, and large dinners have not been his thing, POLITICO’s Tara Palmeri and David Herszenhorn report .


“Over the course of the nine-day trip … Trump has seemed happiest when the focus is on him – like the red carpet rollout for his arrival in Riyadh, followed by a sword-dancing display in his honor,” POLITICO’s Tara Palmeri and David Herszenhorn report. “In Europe, where he’s attended group meetings with other world leaders — first in Brussels at the European Union and NATO and now at the G7 summit in Sicily — Trump has appeared less at ease.”

Not that it’s all negative.

Trump has avoided major faux pas — a few tense meetings and gif-able moments notwithstanding.

Today, Trump’s National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn had to clarify that Trump “doesn’t have a problem” with Germany after German press reported that Trump had said Germany was “bad, very bad.”

Cohn clarified that Trump was largely concerned with the Germans’ trade policy.

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Enjoy your holiday. We’ll see you back on Tuesday.

Elsewhere in Trump’s orbit:

NEVER TWEET?: The Wall Street Journal reports President Trump is considering an array of changes — including a staff shake up — as he returns from his foreign trip including. Potential changes include having lawyers read his tweets before he sends them.

SHE’S BACKKK: In her most extensive critique of President Trump since the November election, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ripped the former president during a commencement address at her alma mater, Wellselley College, and invoked President Richard Nixon and Watergate.

BOEHN OF HIS EXISTENCE: Former House Speaker John Boehner said earlier this week that President Trump has been a “complete disaster” and that he’s still learning on the job. His comments came at a conference in Houston.

PARIS PLEAS: World leaders talking to President Trump have urged him to keep the United States in the Paris climate agreement. The White House still hasn’t indicated whether it will stay in the accord. (The New York Time)

THAT COMEY’S LATER: The FBI says it won’t provide Congress with former FBI Director James Comey’s memos — until it has cleared it with special counsel Robert Mueller.

TILL ‘EM IT’S MY FAULT: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the U.S. takes full responsibility for leaks of information about the suicide bombing in Manchester.

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND: President Trump and first lady Melania Trump put out a congressional picnic invitation — that features a painting of Central Park.

And there you have it. You’re caught up on the Trump administration. Happy Friday.