President Trump has generally been outnumbered at summits like the G7 — the disrupter-in-chief in a room of more sober-minded leaders. This time around, disruption is the rule.
Why it matters: French President Emmanuel Macron, who's hosting the summit this weekend in the seaside town of Biarritz, warned ahead of the gathering that twin threats to democracy and capitalism must be vanquished in order to ensure a free and prosperous future. For this weekend, though, he’d probably settle for anything short of disaster.
Editor's note: Moultondropped outof contention for the Democratic presidential nomination on Aug. 23, 2019. Below is our original article on his candidacy.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), a former Marine and Iraq War veteran, wants to stand out in the crowded 2020 race with his focus on national security, foreign policy and defense. However, he lacks name recognition nationally — a huge detriment in a massive Democratic field.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) announced Friday that he is dropping out of the 2020 presidential race during an address at the DNC's summer meeting in San Francisco.
The big picture: Moulton launched an unlikely campaign focused on his centrist policies and military experience. His exit further winnows a crowded Democratic field — made smaller in the past week by the withdrawals of John Hickenlooper and Jay Inslee — and he told the New York Times that he sees "a three-way race" between Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders "about how far left the party should go."
David Koch, a billionaire libertarian who supported conservative causes and campaigns, died at the age of 79, according to an announcement from his family on Friday.
Why it matters: Koch and his brother Charles built a massively influential network of donors that backed politicians who supported economically conservative policies, though he stepped away from his work last year due to his deteriorating health. The Koch network has faced criticism from President Trump throughout his tenure — notably due to breaks on immigration and trade — and said it would not support his re-election efforts earlier this year.
