Salon.com: After the Singapore summit: What happens when Donald Trump realizes he’s been played?

[After Singapore: Did Trump get played?]( After the Singapore summit: What happens when Donald Trump realizes he’s been played? Heather Digby Parton [Is this “Nixon in China”? Absolutely not]( Nixon in China? Forget it: Stop comparing the Trump-Kim showcase to that historic 1972 summit Matthew Rozsa --------------------------------------------------------------- [Scott Pruitt: Hiding a radical agenda]( Scott Pruitt is burying his radical pro-polluter agenda under oceans of boring legalese Amanda Marcotte --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump’s artless propaganda video]( Trump’s action-packed propaganda video proves historic summit was just for show Nicole Karlis --------------------------------------------------------------- [Probing the history of the solar system]( NASA probe’s next target may reveal solar system’s origins Nicole Karlis --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Michael K. Williams]( The Emmy-nominated actor, who played Omar on HBO’s “The Wire,” talks about how he came into his latest role in the action thriller “SuperFly” with Salon’s D. Watkins. In the film, Williams plays Scatter, the wise mentor of the street game, not unlike the old school teachers he’s played on-screen—Omar, Chalky White in HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and Freddie Knight in HBO’s “The Night Of.” “I grew up idolizing brothers like that. I saw a lot of OGs and a lot of potential that got wasted.” No matter the character's circumstances, Williams' strategy is bringing humanity. “All my characters are a sum of all my experiences growing up in Brooklyn,” Williams said. “The main ingredient I bring in is compassion and empathy and the human being aspect… because I grew [up] in the hood, I got to see the other side of those people than how they were made to be depicted on the news in their cases.” Williams also opens up about another recent role, Leonard, the gay, cowboy hat-wearing Republican he plays in SundanceTV’s series “Hap and Leonard.” “For Leonard, all I saw was a black man who’s been oppressed. A black man who was bucking against tradition,” Williams said. The role speaks to Williams’ greater life’s goal as an actor. “I believe underneath all the prettiness, this nice suit, the nice haircut, and all that shit, I’m a fucking mess inside. I believe we’re all just one big mess underneath. It’s the messiness, it’s the ugliness that I’m most interested in because that’s where, hopefully through my work, I can give somebody freedom.” Watch the full episode above to hear about the project that’s near and dear to Williams, which he calls “my message to young people from my heart.” His VICE documentary on HBO “Raised in the System” explores America’s prisons through the lens of the systemic problems within the juvenile system’s school to prison pipeline. Tune in for SalonTV's live shows, ["Salon Talks"]( and ["Salon Stage"]( , daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on [Salon]( , [Facebook]( and [Periscope]( . [Salon Talks: Edie Falco]( Whether it’s with her smile or her voice or, most indelibly, her expressive eyes, Edie Falco has a unique ability to draw audiences in. She did it, most famously, as Carmela Soprano, in HBO’s “The Sopranos,” and when that show ended, she kept it coming, first as the title character in Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie,” and then in a series of independent films, the latest being “Outside In,” which premieres in New York and Los Angeles on March 30. On “Salon Tallks,” Falco spoke with Salon’s Tom Roston about her character in “Outside In,” a teacher in a troubled marriage who finds purpose by helping one of her students, played by Jay Duplass, get out of jail. Falco says she values how the film covers “the gray areas of existence.” She discusses her animal rights activism, the similarities between Carmela Soprano and Ivanka Trump and what she says may be the best acting she’s ever done: It was on the night of Donald Trump’s election and she put on a good face for her middle school-aged son. “This is what you call democracy,” she recalls saying. “He kind of bought that. And since then, I haven’t stopped cursing,” the Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner joked. Check out the full interview to hear more from Falco about acting, the MeToo movement and “Outside In.” Tune in for SalonTV's live shows, ["Salon Talks"]( and ["Salon Stage"]( , daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on [Salon]( , [Facebook]( and [Periscope]( . --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Losing Hap and Leonard in the Trump age]( Losing “Hap and Leonard” in the Trump age: “This show was an inoculation for some people” Chauncey DeVega --------------------------------------------------------------- [Exclusive: Michael Avenatti exposes Rudy]( Exclusive: Stormy Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti, exposes Rudy Giuliani and Michael Cohen Matthew Rozsa --------------------------------------------------------------- [An energy-efficient way to stay cool]( This portable A/C unit will help you beat the summer heat Salon Marketplace --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump calls bromance with Kim “special”]( Trump’s bromance with Kim Jong Un on display in Singapore: “We have developed a very special bond” Shira Tarlo --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [How Retta made her dream a reality]( There’s no shortage on dreams­–– like Dr. King, everybody has one. The only problem is that people think that just dreaming alone is enough, not taking the time to understand the role that hard work and strategic planning play. Salon 5’s D. Watkins recruited comedian Retta to help teach us how to sprinkle action and motivation on top of those dreams. The author, comedian and actress, who most people know as Donna from “Parks and Recreation,” shares some secrets from her new memoir “So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know.” Check them out above and watch D’s [full episode]( with Retta to hear about the big role never got to audition for because she chickened out. Tune in for SalonTV's live shows, ["Salon Talks"]( and ["Salon Stage"]( , daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on [Salon]( , [Facebook]( and [Periscope]( . [“Angels in America” returns]( When Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” landed on Broadway in 1993 it forever changed how gay lives were depicted in popular culture. On its 25th anniversary, authors Dan Kois and Isaac Butler join Salon’s Amanda Marotte on “Salon Talks” to share the oral history of the breakout show that won a Tony Award, a Pulitzer Prize and sparked a hit HBO adaptation starring Meryl Streep and Al Pacino. Kois and Butler’s new book “The World Only Spins Forward” pieces together nearly 250 interviews, including Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker, Nathan Lane, and playwright Tony Kushner. For both Kois and Butler, who are huge fans of the show, they took great care to ensure that the oral history matched the aesthetic and overall themes of the original production. Kois told Salon, “The play is so much about the interchange of voices and a dialectic of people arguing points… points of love and faith and politics and idealism. And so the idea of having all these people talk to each other on our pages seemed like a great way to sort of pay tribute to that.” Check out the episode above to hear more about the play’s cultural significance, how it took on the emergence of AIDS and helped accelerate the nation’s changing attitudes around homosexuality. And tune into SalonTV's live shows, ["Salon Talks"]( and ["Salon Stage"]( , daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on [Salon]( , [Facebook]( and [Periscope]( . --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [A Miss America’s #MeToo bid for Congress]( Former Miss America Mallory Hagan opens up about running for Congress Mary Elizabeth Williams --------------------------------------------------------------- [Judge approves AT&T-Time Warner merger]( Judge approves AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner in federal court Shira Tarlo --------------------------------------------------------------- [Late night laughs at Trump-Kim summit]( Here’s how late-night hosts reacted to the Trump-Kim summit Rachel Leah --------------------------------------------------------------- [Anthony Bourdain: End of the old CNN]( Anthony Bourdain: The last gasp of CNN’s original vision Sam Husseini --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Get it on Google Play]( [Help]( | [Advertising Information]( Copyright ©2018 Salon Media Group, Inc. 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