A Barrage of Insults Irks the Group of 7

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NEWARK — The cameraperched above the bus stop sendsback a continuous feed from thecorner of 16th Avenue and South18th Street in Newark’s WestWard. Regular customers comeand go from Max’s, a conveniencestore, and a man without a shirtpaces aimlessly on the same sliceof pavement. Anyone with a fastinternet connection and a desireto watch could also see Fernando

Demarzino stepping out of hiscousin’s barbershop.

“My girlfriend called and toldme what I had in my hand,” Mr.Demarzino said on a recentevening as he stood within thecamera’s line of sight. His girl-friend had heard about officialcamera feeds that had recentlybeen made available online, andshe was checking out the spotwhere she knew she was likely tofind Mr. Demarzino. He hadchange in his hand, and she jok-

ingly told him the image wassharp enough for her to count outthree quarters. She also spottedhis Jeep parked on the street.

Surveillance cameras are an in-escapable fixture of the moderncity. Law enforcement agencieshave deployed vast networks toguard against terrorism and com-bat street crime. But in Newark,the police have taken an extraor-dinary step that few, if any, otherdepartments in the country have

Where Police Cameras and Web Users See YouBy RICK ROJAS

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QUEBEC CITY — PresidentTrump upended two days of globaleconomic diplomacy late Satur-day, refusing to sign a joint state-ment with America’s allies, threat-ening to escalate his trade war onthe country’s neighbors and de-riding Canada’s prime minister as“very dishonest and weak.”

In a remarkable pair of acrimo-ny-laced tweets from aboard AirForce One as he flew away fromthe Group of 7 summit toward ameeting with North Korea’sleader, Mr. Trump lashed out atJustin Trudeau. He accused theprime minister, who hosted theseven-nation gathering, of ma-king false statements.

Literally moments after Mr.Trudeau’s government proudlyreleased the joint statement, not-ing it had been agreed to by allseven countries, Mr. Trump blewapart the veneer of cordiality thathad prevailed throughout the twodays of meetings in a resort townon the banks of the St. LawrenceRiver.

“Based on Justin’s false state-ments at his news conference, andthe fact that Canada is chargingmassive Tariffs to our U.S. farm-ers, workers and companies, Ihave instructed our U.S. Reps notto endorse the Communique as welook at Tariffs on automobilesflooding the U.S. Market!” Mr.Trump wrote.

A few hours earlier, Mr. Trudeausaid the seven nations hadreached broad agreements on arange of economic and foreign pol-icy goals. But he acknowledgedthat deep disagreements re-mained between Mr. Trump andthe leaders of the other nations,especially on trade.

Mr. Trudeau had sought to playdown personal clashes with Mr.Trump as he wrapped up the sum-mit, calling the meeting “very suc-cessful” and saying he was “in-

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President Refuses to SignStatement From Top Allies

By MICHAEL D. SHEARand CATHERINE PORTER

Trump Calls Leaderof Canada ‘Weak’

PRETORIA, South Africa —The nation’s tax chief steeled him-self. Chiding and pleading withPresident Jacob Zuma to get himto file his taxes — much less paythe full amount — was always anexcruciating task.

And it kept getting worse. Oneof the president’s sons, a nephewand countless business allies hadserious tax problems as well, fourformer senior officials said,alarming investigators and leav-ing them wondering what to do.

South Africa’s young democra-cy had depended on the faith —and taxes — of its people since theend of apartheid, so the risks wereevident. If the leader of the Af-rican National Congress, his rela-tives and his influential associatescould dodge their tax duties, therest of the country might shirkthem, too, hollowing out the gov-ernment’s ability to function at themost basic level.

The tax commissioner, Ivan Pil-lay, said he tried to be discreet, vis-iting the president several timesfrom 2012 to 2014 to prod him to

comply.“If I am in the way, just tell me

and I’ll go,” Mr. Pillay said in arare interview, recounting his con-versations with Mr. Zuma. “Iwon’t like it, but I’ll go. I’m a disci-plined member of the A.N.C.”

Mr. Zuma demurred, insistingthere was no need to resign, Mr.Pillay said. Instead, the presidentdealt with the issue himself a fewmonths later: He abruptly re-placed Mr. Pillay with a loyalist

A Tax Scandal Is Siphoning The Lifeblood of South AfricaBy SELAM GEBREKIDANand NORIMITSU ONISHI

Jacob Zuma, former presidentof South Africa, last week.

POOL PHOTO BY MARCO LONGARI

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Senator Elizabeth Warren hascome calling as recently as April.Kamala Harris, the first-term sen-ator of California, has made re-peated visits, starting as early asher third month in office. FormerVice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.is also no stranger to the big-money donor world of New York;he was here in April — his thirdsuch visit in three months.

It will be months before Mr. Bi-den, Ms. Harris, Ms. Warren ormost potential presidential aspi-rants will barnstorm across thefarmlands of Iowa, dig into a low-country boil in South Carolina orfield questions at a town-hallmeeting in New Hampshire.

But with American presidentialraces requiring an ever-dizzyingamount of money, an early, be-hind-the-scenes 2020 contest is al-ready taking place: the New Yorkmoney primary.

Over passed appetizers, inti-mate dinners and private boardroom meet-and-greets, a paradeof nationally ambitious Demo-crats have been cycling throughthe offices and living rooms of theManhattan money set.

Top New York donors and Dem-ocratic fund-raisers, in more thantwo dozen interviews, said thattheir phones rarely stop buzzingas candidates blitz one of thedensest concentrations of Demo-

Money PrimaryFor 2020 StartsWith New York

By SHANE GOLDMACHER

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WASHINGTON — As Presi-dent Trump prepares to meet KimJong-un of North Korea to negoti-ate denuclearization, a challengethat has bedeviled the world foryears, he is doing so without thehelp of a White House science ad-viser or senior counselor trainedin nuclear physics.

Mr. Trump is the first presidentsince 1941 not to name a scienceadviser, a position created during

World War II to guide the Oval Of-fice on technical matters rangingfrom nuclear warfare to globalpandemics. As a businessman andpresident, Mr. Trump has proudlybeen guided by his instincts. Nev-ertheless, people who have par-ticipated in past nuclear negotia-tions say the absence of such high-level expertise could put him at atactical disadvantage in one of theweightiest diplomatic matters ofhis presidency.

“You need to have an empow-ered senior science adviser at the

table,” said R. Nicholas Burns,who led negotiations with Indiaover a civilian nuclear deal duringthe George W. Bush administra-tion. “You can be sure the otherside will have that.”

The lack of traditional scientificadvisory leadership in the WhiteHouse is one example of a signifi-cant change in the Trump admin-istration: the marginalization ofscience in shaping United Statespolicy.

There is no chief scientist at theState Department, where science

is central to foreign policy matterssuch as cybersecurity and globalwarming. Nor is there a chief sci-entist at the Department of Agri-culture: Mr. Trump last yearnominated Sam Clovis, a formertalk-show host with no scientificbackground, to the position, buthe withdrew his name and no newnomination has been made.

These and other decisions haveconsequences for public healthand safety and the economy. Boththe Interior Department and the

In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice.By CORAL DAVENPORT

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WASHINGTON — Shortlybefore leaving the annual meet-ing of major world powers onSaturday, President Trumpboasted that it had been

“tremendouslysuccessful” and thaton a scale of 0 to 10,“the relationship isa 10.”

Fewer than nine hours later,the relationship was plummetingtoward a zero. With a petulanttweetstorm from Air Force One,Mr. Trump all but blew up theGroup of 7 nations that theUnited States has led for morethan four decades and essentiallydeclared open political war onAmerica’s closest neighbor.

Whatever hopes that otherleaders had of pacifying Mr.Trump and papering over theirwidening differences on trade,security and the world ordervanished in a flurry of harshrecriminations. Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau of Canada re-buffed Mr. Trump’s positions inpublic comments, prompting Mr.Trump to refuse to sign the care-fully crafted final communiqué.

The blowup left the UnitedStates alienated from its allieseven more than it had been en-tering into the summit meetingand came as Mr. Trump flew toSingapore, earlier than originallyscheduled, for a risky meetingwith a nuclear-armed Americanenemy, Kim Jong-un, the repres-sive leader of North Korea.

“Trump is readier to give apass to countries that pose a realthreat to Western values andsecurity than to America’s tradi-tional allies,” said Peter Westma-cott, a former British ambassa-dor to Washington. “If there is a‘method to the madness,’ to usethe words of British ForeignSecretary Boris Johnson, it iscurrently well hidden.”

By PETER BAKERand MICHAEL D. SHEAR

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A photo posted by Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany described a “spontaneous meeting” of the Group of 7 leaders on Saturday.JESCO DENZEL/GERMAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

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