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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • President Trump took to Twitter to criticize Germany, but his complaints about the U.S. trade deficit overstate Berlin’s ability to do much about it. Mr. Trump repeated his demand that Berlin contribute more to NATO, and he dismissed the U.S. investigation into Russian interference in the election — and the possibility that Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, sought a back channel with the Kremlin — as “fake news.” A late-night presidential tweet had Twitter abuzz: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe,” it read in its entirety. Meanwhile, a long-anticipated shake-up in the White House appears to have started with the resignation of the director of communications. _____ • Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has dispelled concerns about his inexperience in his first weeks in office, our Paris correspondent writes. A victory by Mr. Macron’s untested party in next month’s parliamentary elections is looking more likely. But ethical questions surrounding two of his ministers could test his pledge to run a clean government. Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said he was “perfectly conscious of the exasperation of the French.” _____• The U.S. began delivering weapons to Syrian Kurdish fighters as they closed in on Raqqa, the Islamic State stronghold. The decision infuriated Turkey, a NATO ally. The two attacks that shook Baghdad yesterday, one of which killed child... Link to the full article to read more