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The federal government was forced to dedicate a team of records management analysts to tape together official papers that President Trump had ripped up — per aides, his "unofficial filing system" — in order to ensure that the administration adhered to federal law, according to a report from Politico's Annie Karni.

The details: Under federal law, the White House is required to preserve all memos, letters, emails and papers that the president touches and send them to the National Archives. The White House's records management team was abruptly downsized this year —and two career officials reached out to Politico to claim they were forced out of their positions, which led them to describe the substance of their work under Trump.

On Tuesday, per the Washington Post's master of the Senate Paul Kane, Mitch McConnell, 76, "will eclipse Robert J. Dole (Kan.) as the longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history."

The details: McConnell has used "scheming, strategizing and tactical maneuvering to win five reelection campaigns and rise through the ranks." His tenure: 11 years, five months and 10 days.

Mitt Romney will most likely come to Washington early next year as a senator from Utah, but the former GOP presidential nominee has already begun laying out what role he hopes to play in the Republican Party, which has radically shifted under President Trump.

The big question: It's still unclear what he plans to do concerning Trump, whom he had criticized during the 2016 presidential campaign as someone who would cause the United States to "cease to be a shining city on a hill" before adopting a more conciliatory tone in recent months.

President Trump is on his way to Singapore for the highly anticipated meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which starts on Tuesday, and Singapore is already starting to feel the heat.

The big picture: More than 3,000 media personnel are descending on the island, the Associated Press reports, as the world braces for the historic summit. That, combined with heavy security presence and impersonators of the two leaders, has led to a feeling of "frenzy unusual for the laid-back tropical state."

On his way to Singapore for a highly anticipated meeting with North Korea, President Trump tweeted his satisfaction with the G7 summit he reluctantly attended touting the "great meetings and relationships with the six country leaders," but defended the recent tariffs he slapped on close U.S. allies saying "[w]e have put up with Trade Abuse for many decades — and that is long enough."

What's next: Trump followed up with multiple tweets during his AF1 flight to Singapore to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, displaying confidence in the dictator's willingness, explaining "I know that Kim Jong-un will work very hard to do something that has rarely been done before... Create peace and great prosperity for his land."

Mitt Romney said this week that President Trump will "easily" clinch the nomination in 2020, USA Today reports, and "solidly" win re-election.

Why it matters: Romney and Trump have had a tumultuous relationship, which seems to have evened out slightly after Romney announced his candidacy for Utah's Senate seat. And as Axios' Jonathan Swan reported, while Romney — who is likely to win the Senate seat — may push back against the president on things like trade and foreign policy, he's less likely to "make his campaign or Senate tenure a non-stop critique of Trump."

Canadian officials have begun traveling to the U.S. to educate immigrants about the immigration process in Canada, warning that "they can't simply rush north of the border to find safe haven" after President Trump's immigration crackdown, USA Today reports.

The big picture: In August, more than 5,500 people were caught trying to illegally cross into Canada from the U.S., but only 8% of asylum applications have been approved, per USA Today. Canada has been increasing the number of immigrants it accepts annually, aiming to bring in 340,000 by 2020, but special adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Randy Boissonnault, said "if you cross the border illegally, you will be breaking the law. You will be apprehended."

President Trump is in Quebec, Canada for a "skinny" version of a G7 summit with allies he has recently slapped with tariffs. What would normally be an opportunity for industrialized democracies to forge unity on key challenges, will be anything but, Richard Fontaine tells Axios.

The latest: President Trump said on Saturday morning before leaving the G7 summit that his meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un is "a one-time shot" for the regime's dictator.

The Department of Justice requested a two-week delay on Friday if an injunction is issued in Texas' challenge to DACA, the New York Times reports.

The details: Texas joins six other states in suing the federal government over DACA, saying it's unlawful and that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas should be able to "immediately rescind and cancel all DACA permits currently in existence." The DOJ argues that an injunction could "conflict with separate nationwide injunctions that have already been issued."

The biggest key to understanding Trump's dogmatism on trade is that even as he switched political parties and changed his views on issue after issue, his one consistent stance over 40 years is that other countries are "ripping off the United States" in trade deals, as he put it in 1987.

This is the one thing the president really believes, with his protectionist roots going back to the union-friendly environment where his father, Fred, courted Democratic pols. 

Today is the last day of the G20 Summit, where President Trump is discussing trade with leaders of the world's economic powers. Trump, who has often claimed the U.S. is getting "ripped off" when it comes to trade with other countries, is seeking an overhaul of the international trade order, but what exactly does that entail?

Below we take a look at the top 3 products that the U.S. imports and exports with 5 key trade partners: China, Japan, Canada, Germany and Russia. Here's what we found: