Tipsheet: Trump’s media game puts press on back foot

View in your browser     The Memo: Trump’s media game puts press on back foot By Niall Stanage   President Trump’s reality show presidency took a new twist on Friday morning, as he held an impromptu question-and-answer session with reporters in the White House driveway for the first time. Read the full story here     Judge sends Manafort to jail after Mueller charges witness tampering By Max Greenwood and Avery Anapol   A federal judge ordered Paul Manafort to jail Friday after revoking the former Trump campaign chairman's bail. The decision to jail Manafort ahead of his trial in September could put pressure on him to cooperate with investigators examining the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia. Read the full story here     Trump blasts 'very unfair' sentence for Manafort By Olivia Beavers and Mary Tyler March President Trump on Friday tweeted that his former campaign manager Paul Manafort had received a "very unfair" sentence, even though no formal conviction was handed down.  Read the full story here     White House walks back Trump's rejection of immigration compromise By Juliegrace Brufke President Trump in fact supports both of the House GOP immigration bills expected to receive votes next week and misspoke earlier Friday when he said that he would oppose a compromise measure between centrists and conservatives, a White House official told The Hill. Read the full story here       Giuliani says he has ruled out Trump interview with Mueller By Max Greenwood President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani told The Hill on Friday that a special counsel interview of the president is "off the table" — at least for himself. Read the full story here     RNC mum on whether it will support Trump-backed Corey Stewart By Ben Kamisar The Republican National Committee (RNC) is not saying whether it will support its party’s Senate candidate in Virginia, Cory Stewart. Read the full story here     ‘Three Californias’ plan would give Dems more seats By Reid Wilson A proposal to split the nation’s most populous state into three smaller states would give Democrats a huge boost in the perpetual battle for control of the United States Senate — likely dooming the plan even before voters have a chance to weigh in. Read the full story here     2,000 children separated from parents at border over 6 weeks By Justine Wise About 2,000 children were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border over a recent six-week time period as a result of a "zero tolerance" policy that cracks down on illegal immigration, according to The Associated Press. Read the full story here     Trump announces tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods By Vicki Needham and Max Greenwood President Trump on Friday announced that the United States would impose tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese products, making good on a threat that has been months in the making. Read the full story here     Trump: Kim's people sit up when he speaks, 'I want my people to do the same' By Max Greenwood President Trump said on Friday that he wants "his people" to listen to him like North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's people listen to him. Read the full story here     Baby steps toward rebuilding the Trump Foundation brand By Ezra Rosser OPINION | Thursday's announcement that New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood has filed suit against President Trump, two of his sons and a daughter, alleging “persistent illegal conduct,” probably came as somewhat of a shock. It appears as if their foundation could use some help understanding the difference between charitable giving and self-dealing. Read the full story here     Inspector general report could convince even skeptics of FBI's anti-Trump bias By Ben Shapiro OPINION | I’ve long been a skeptic of the conspiratorial claims surrounding the actions of the so-called “deep state” during the 2016 campaign. While I believe the FBI acted in political fashion to exonerate Hillary Clinton, I never believed that the FBI deliberately targeted the Trump campaign. I’m rethinking that position pretty seriously after the release of the Justice Department's inspector general report. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump searches for credit on North Korea nuclear deal By Zeke Miller and Catherine Lucey President Donald Trump credits his accord with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un with saving tens of millions of people from nuclear war. Now he just has to get everyone else on board. Read the full story here     CNN: Republicans scramble to understand if Trump just sunk their immigration effort By Lauren Fox, Tal Kopan, Ashley Killough and Pamela Brown, CNN House Republicans were in full-on damage control Friday morning as they sought to downplay President Donald Trump's comments that he wouldn't support the GOP compromise bill. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump cites as a negotiating tool his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents By Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey   President Trump has calculated that he will gain political leverage in congressional negotiations by continuing to enforce a policy he claims to hate — separating immigrant parents from their young children at the southern border, according to White House officials. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Trump, Riding a North Korea High, Unloads on the F.B.I., Comey and Obama By Peter Baker and Eileen Sullivan   He assailed the “scum on top” of the F.B.I. who were out to get him. He suggested that a former aide did not lie even though he pleaded guilty to lying to investigators. And he distanced himself from his onetime campaign chairman hours before the aide was sent to jail. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: China Warns U.S. Firms as Trade War Brews: Buckle Up By Lingling Wei and  Yoko Kubota When a group of American executives and other global corporate chieftains met with Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan in late March, they received a stern message about the simmering U.S.-China trade conflict: If tensions escalate, buckle up. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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