MESOP NEWS TODAYS SHORT CUTS & RELEVANT TWEETS / DONALD TRUMP & BERLUSCONI FRIEND GUIDO LOMBARDI
Transparency: New calls for President Trump to release his tax returns came amid furor over the White House’s decision to no longer share visitor logs. |
That effectively bars the public from knowing who has access to officials, even as Mr. Trump fills top jobs with former lobbyists and consultants. |
Mr. Trump’s most powerful advisers now appear to be his daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. |
Populist leaders in Europe, including Marine Le Pen, seem to have identified President Trump’s longtime neighbor, George Guido Lombardi, as a potential access point to the White House. |
Mr. Lombardi said Mr. Trump has leaned on his Italian expertise, inquiring once about Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, because, Mr. Lombardi said, Mr. Trump was intrigued by a “billionaire who became a politician.” |