Odd coda to the the WWI/Belleau Wood saga, with @JenniferJJacobs and @artdetective: With free time on his hands in Paris, the president took a shine to several works of art at the ambassador’s residence. So he took them home on Air Force 1. 1/5 bloomberg.com/amp/news/artic… These figurines (h/t @justinsink for the photo) were done by a Neapolitan artist named Luigi Avolio, who was producing that sort of stuff in the 1920s and 1930s and passing them off as 16th-17th century sculptures. They’re now on the mantel in the Oval Office. 2/5

SCOOP: Draft immigration EO frames limits as bid to protect ``marginal'' American workers suffering from the economic havoc wreaked by coronavirus:

``We cannot jump start the domestic economy if Americans are forced to compete against an artificially enlarged labor pool." 1/4 ``I have determined that the entry of most aliens as permanent or temporary workers in the immediate term would have adverse impacts on the national interest," the draft says 2/4

Wednesday night scoop that illuminates how much influence Rudy Giuliani had over President Trump and U.S. foreign policy - dating back to 2017. With ⁦@SalehaMohsin⁩, ⁦@StephaniBaker⁩ and ⁦@JenniferJJacobs⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Trump asked Tillerson to talk to Giuliani and help get the Department of Justicr to drop a sanctions-busting case against Reza Zarrab, a client of Giuliani’s. Tillerson refused.

⁦Scoop: @realDonaldTrump⁩ wants other countries to pay what the White House calls “Cost Plus 50” to host US troops: the full price, plus 50% extra for the privilege. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Potus has championed “Cost plus 50” for a while but aides realized he was serious when he scrawled the words on a note to Bolton last October, derailing negotiations with South Korea. With @JenniferJJacobs and @margarettalev