The Note: Trump Talks Brexit
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--TRUMP PRAISES BREXIT VOTERS FOR TAKING 'THEIR COUNTRY BACK': Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, in Scotland for a two-day business trip, today called the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union “purely historic,” after tweeting that supporters "took their country back." Trump compared the U.K. referendum vote, “dubbed Brexit,” to America’s presidential election. "People really see a big parallel," he noted today at a news conference at his Turnberry golf course, ABC’s KATHERINE FAULDERS and VERONICA STRACQUALURSI report. “What I like is that I love to see people take their country back. And that's really what's happening in the United States,” Trump said. http://abcn.ws/28VcMhv
--TRUMP IN SCOTLAND -- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW: Trump’s jaunt across the pond is shaping up to be an opportunity for him to tout his own business and real estate endeavors. ABC’s PAOLA CHAVEZ and VERONICA STRACQUALURSI have more on everything you need to know about his trip. http://abcn.ws/28RlDxn
--CLINTON RELEASES FIRST SPANISH LANGUAGE TV AD: Just one day after a decision by the Supreme Court that would halt President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration reform, Hillary Clinton's campaign today debuted its first Spanish-language TV ad -- targeting Donald Trump. The 60-second spot -- titled "Nuestra Historia" (Our History) -- will air nationally on Sunday during Copa America's final match between Chile and Argentina. The soccer match, which will be held in New Jersey, is expected to draw huge viewership totals on Univision. ABC’s LIZ KREUTZ has more. http://abcn.ws/293gHEK
--SANDERS SAYS HE’LL VOTE FOR CLINTON: Bernie Sanders said in an interview with MSNBC this morning that he will vote for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in November, ABC’s RYAN STRUYK and VERONICA STRACQUALURSI report. “Yes. Yeah, I think the issue right here is, I'm going to do everything I can to defeat Donald Trump," Sanders said. "I think Trump in so many ways will be a disaster for this country, if he were to be elected president." Still, Sanders said he is not dropping out of the race. “I haven't heard her say the things I think should be said,” he told CBS this morning when asked why he isn’t endorsing her. “To my mind, she has not brought forth the proposals that I think the American people need to hear.” http://abcn.ws/28VB9cY
THIS WEEK ON ‘THIS WEEK’: Sunday exclusive, George Stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with Sen. Mitch McConnell. And, the Powerhouse Roundtable debates the week in politics with Purple Strategies chair and founder ofNewRepublican.org Alex Castellanos, President Obama's 2012 deputy campaign manager and Precision Strategies founding partne rStephanie Cutter, Georgetown University professor and author of “The Black Presidency” Michael Eric Dyson, and Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren.
POWERHOUSE POLITICS PODCAST -- EX-ROMNEY ADVISOR: ‘UNTIL TRUMP HAS THE NOMINATION...ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.’ There remain deep rumblings inside the establishment of the Republican Party about Donald Trump. This week’s episode of ABC’s "Powerhouse Politics" podcast paints a picture in which the RNC may focus its efforts on down-ticket races to hedge the risk of losing the White House in November to Hillary Clinton, leaving a Trump operation with little infrastructure of its own scrambling to catch up, ABC’s NOAH FITZGEREL writes. Noting the frustration that has endured in several Republican circles with the party’s presumptive nominee, Stuart Stevens, a former adviser to Mitt Romney and an outspoken member of the Never Trump movement, said that there is "still a possibility that the convention could go in a different direction." Stevens noted, "Until Donald Trump has the nomination, one thing we've learned with Donald Trump is that all things are possible." http://abcn.ws/28RxhXj LISTEN: http://abcn.ws/28o6Y51
YESTERDAY ON THE TRAIL with ABC’s VERONICA STRACQUALURSI and PAOLA CHAVEZ
TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS CANDIDATE WILL FORGIVE MILLIONS IN LOANS. Donald Trump is promising to say goodbye to all the money he's loaned his campaign. Trump has largely self-funded his presidential bid, to the tune of $45.7 million as of the most recent filings. That money was given to the campaign as zero-interest loans, and the prospect has loomed that Trump could be repaid by the campaign, with money raised elsewhere. That won't happen, his campaign said Thursday, ABC’s CHRIS GOOD reports. http://abcn.ws/28Q3tOT
WHAT TRUMP’S GOLFING BUDDIES SAY ABOUT HIS GAME. On the campaign trail, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee had touted his ability to defeat his opponents. Off the trail, he has made similar assertions about his fellow golfers. And some of those individuals have shared their thoughts on the Trump’s golfing abilities. ABC’s NOAH FITZGEREL has more. http://abcn.ws/28QQwQg
THE PERILS OF POLITICAL FOREIGN TRIPS. With Trump in Scotland, ABC’s VERONICA STRACQUALURSI, STACY CHEN, and STEPHANIE EBBS note a few examples of political foreign trips gone wrong: http://abcn.ws/1I1Vrxu
CLINTON: SUPREME COURT IMMIGRATION DECISION ‘COULD TEAR APART’ MILLIONS OF FAMILIES. Hillary Clinton, who has pledged throughout her campaign to take on immigration reform in her first 100 days as president, called Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling “heartbreaking” and “unacceptable.” ABC’s JOSH HASKELL and LIZ KREUTZ report the Supreme Court’s 4-4 deadlock blocked the Obama administration policy that would have offered more than 4 million undocumented immigrants a chance to remain in the country without fear of deportation. Trump responded to the decision, calling President Obama's executive action "the one of the most unconstitutional actions ever undertaken by a President" in a statement released Thursday. http://abcn.ws/28RNWzs
OBAMA: ‘NO SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN’ THINKS DONALD TRUMP IS ‘MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN’. President Obama said many businessmen in the U.S. aren’t exactly impressed with Donald Trump's business acumen. “There’s no successful businessman in America who actually thinks the most successful businessman in the country is Donald Trump,” the president said in an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek. “I know those guys, and so do you, and I guarantee you, that’s not their view.” ABC’s ARLETTE SAENZ has more. http://abcn.ws/28ZTRPN
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
CLINTON IT STAFFER PLEADS FIFTH 130 TIMES, TRANSCRIPT SHOWS. Hillary Clinton's former IT staffer, once responsible for maintaining her private computer server, refused to answer questions from lawyers about her email setup and invoked his Fifth Amendment right 130 times during a deposition this week, according to a transcript of the deposition. Bryan Pagliano was deposed Wednesday as part of a lawsuit concerning Clinton's email account brought by the conservative group Judicial Watch, ABC’s JUSTIN FISHEL reports. The transcript of that deposition was posted online yesterday. http://abcn.ws/28QgisI
WHO’S TWEETING?
@KatyTurNBC: If the British pound drops - as it has - from #brexit - trump says it will be good for Turnberry tourism. More ppl will come - he says.
@ASimendinger: Administration Fri. unveils educ & jobs programs for ex-inmates to gain skills and resources to obtain jobs (Justice, Education departments)
@stevebruskCNN: Pres. Obama: "the United Kingdom’s membership in NATO remains a vital cornerstone of U.S. foreign, security, and economic policy"
@tarapalmeri: EU leaders to staff: We'll try to protect you after Brexit http://www.politico.eu/article/eu-leaders-to-staff-well-try-to-protect-you-after-brexit-eu-referendum-consquences-uk-leave-europe/ … via @POLITICOEurope http://politi.co/28RNwq4
@BBCBenThompson: Sources at Morgan Stanley tell BBC it's already begun process of moving 2,000 London based investment banking staff to Dublin or Frankfurt
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