On Politics: Trump Returns to N.R.A.’s Side

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Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • After mass shootings in Texas and Ohio led President Trump to pledge action on gun control, gun rights advocates have waged an aggressive campaign to change his mind. A 30-minute phone call between the president and Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the N.R.A., [ended the way that Mr. LaPierre had hoped it would: with Mr. Trump espousing the group’s talking points.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfP61yP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOC8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1ndW4tY29udHJvbC1ucmEuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPXBvbGl0aWNzJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMTkwODIxP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzkwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYzNDUmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAxOTA4MjFXA255dEIKAB5yKF1dwQzQY1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) • Mr. Trump said on Tuesday that any Jewish person who votes for a Democrat is guilty of ignorance or “great disloyalty.” Mr. Trump did not go into specifics, [but his language is reminiscent of the anti-Semitic smear that Jews have a “dual loyalty” and are more devoted to Israel than they are to their own countries](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfP61yP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOC8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1qZXdpc2gtdm90ZXJzLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1wb2xpdGljcyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDE5MDgyMT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc5MCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MzQ1JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMTkwODIxVwNueXRCCgAecihdXcEM0GNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). • Last fall, administration officials displayed a series of charts that showed how Mr. Trump’s economy was outperforming President Barack Obama’s. [But many of the indicators used to showcase a Trump-fueled boom have fizzled amid the president’s escalating trade fights](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfP61yP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOC8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1lY29ub215LXJlY2Vzc2lvbi1kYXRhLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1wb2xpdGljcyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDE5MDgyMT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc5MCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MzQ1JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMTkwODIxVwNueXRCCgAecihdXcEM0GNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). • Mr. Trump said that he is considering giving investors a big tax cut that would primarily benefit the rich, [and that he believes he can do it without approval from Congress](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfP61yP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOC8yMC9idXNpbmVzcy90cnVtcC1jYXBpdGFsLWdhaW5zLXRheGVzLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1wb2xpdGljcyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDE5MDgyMT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc5MCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MzQ1JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMTkwODIxVwNueXRCCgAecihdXcEM0GNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). 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The reason? [Because the country was not interested in discussing the purchase of Greenland](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfP61yP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOC8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1jYW5jZWxzLWdyZWVubGFuZC10cmlwLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1wb2xpdGljcyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDE5MDgyMT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc5MCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MzQ1JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMTkwODIxVwNueXRCCgAecihdXcEM0GNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). • A Nazi sympathizer who threatened to butcher a Hispanic woman and bragged that Mr. Trump would wipe out nonwhites in a “racial war and crusade” was arrested on charges of making threats. [His arrest was the latest example in a spate of violent threats of domestic extremism](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfP61yP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOC8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9lcmljLWxpbi1uZW8tbmF6aS1hcnJlc3RlZC5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9cG9saXRpY3MmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAxOTA4MjE_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3OTAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjM0NSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTIyMDE5MDgyMVcDbnl0QgoAHnIoXV3BDNBjUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). • Mr. Trump is expected to name John Sullivan, the deputy secretary of state, to be the next ambassador to Russia, a prestigious diplomatic position that is always challenging, but even more so after [a two-year federal investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to the Kremlin](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfP61yP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOC8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9qb2huLXN1bGxpdmFuLXRydW1wLXJ1c3NpYS1hbWJhc3NhZG9yLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1wb2xpdGljcyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDE5MDgyMT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc5MCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MzQ1JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMTkwODIxVwNueXRCCgAecihdXcEM0GNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). 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[Now, they’re central to the 2020 criminal justice debate](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfP61yP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOC8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9jcmltaW5hbC1qdXN0aWNlLXJlZm9ybS1zYW5kZXJzLXdhcnJlbi5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9cG9saXRpY3MmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAxOTA4MjE_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3OTAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjM0NSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTIyMDE5MDgyMVcDbnl0QgoAHnIoXV3BDNBjUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). • The former housing secretary Julián Castro became the 10th Democratic presidential candidate to qualify for the next round of debates, [after a new national poll showed him earning 2 percent support](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfP61yP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOC8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9qdWxpYW4tY2FzdHJvLWRlYmF0ZS0yMDIwLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1wb2xpdGljcyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDE5MDgyMT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc5MCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MzQ1JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMTkwODIxVwNueXRCCgAecihdXcEM0GNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). • Song playlists at campaign rallies tell you a lot about presidential candidates. 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