Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing,

sponsored by the Coalition for Affordable Drugs. It is the 200th day of President Donald Trump's presidency.

He's in Bedminster, New Jersey. And I'm Jake Sherman. Trump took to Twitter last night,

writing he had just completed a call with President Moon of South Korea and that he was very happy

and impressed with the

United Nations voting 15 to nothing to sanction North Korea.

Trump also tweeted about his first 200 days in office saying, quote, the fake news refuses

to report the success of the first six months.

SC, meaning Supreme Court, surging economy and jobs, border and military security, ISIS and MS-13, etc.

One interesting thing to note this morning, both the New York Times and the Washington Post

have stories out about mistruths coming from the White House.

And breaking overnight, the AP reports from the Philippines that Secretary of State Rex

Tillerson told Russia that the U.S. will respond by September

1st to Moscow's move to expel U.S. diplomats. The Washington Post is reporting that Tillerson

also said North Korea could show it is ready to negotiate by stopping its missile launches.

The New York Times is reporting that Tillerson is under fire internally at the State Department

for micromanaging

tasks and not filling more than two dozen high-ranking jobs. Back on the home front, the Wall Street

Journal writes the congressional Republicans are hoping to use the next four weeks back home to make

the case for tax reform. They're fighting an uphill battle of journal rights because constituents are

blaming them for the standoff on health care. One thing to note, it's not exactly constituents who need convincing that rewriting the tax

code is the right thing. Most people who file taxes find it confusing and burdensome.

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