Good Tuesday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing, sponsored by the government of Qatar.

And I'm Jake Sherman, a sneak pick of our colleague Tim Alberta's new book, American Carnage, on the front lines of the Republican Civil War and the rise of President Trump.

It's out July 16th and we have the back cover in Playbook today. It will be one of the deepest and most fascinating

reads about the transformation of the Republican Party over the last 15 or so years. The book

begins in the twilight of the Bush presidency and ends with the release of Bob Mueller's report

in April of this year, and we're told it includes lots of new unreported storylines on the massive

transformation of the Republican Party.

Take a sneak peek at the back cover for a taste of the juicy nuggets we should expect from Tim's book.

Romney's problem was he had too much respect for Obama, and he shouldn't have because Obama didn't deserve it, said Donald Trump.

The Reagan Republican wing beat the Rockefeller Republican wing, and now the Trump wing beat the Reagan wing, said Paul Trump. The Reagan Republican wing beat the Rockefeller Republican wing,

and now the Trump wing beat the Reagan wing, said Paul Ryan. Back on the news, the Washington

posts a story up on how Trump's hardline approach often softens in meetings with world leaders.

Paging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Post also reports that Pompeo has been given

two to three weeks to restart talks with North Korea. The New York Times points out Mike Pompeo. The Post also reports that Pompeo has been given two to three weeks to restart talks with North Korea.

The New York Times points out that Pompeo and national security advisor John Bolton are split on how to approach the North Korea talks.

Bolton wants the North Koreans to dismantle their entire nuclear program, while Pompeo now appears to be considering a more gradual approach.

Making the rounds on Twitter this morning is a tweet from Mercedes Schlapp from February 28, 2016.

She tweeted, at Barack Obama, visiting Cuba is equivalent to visiting North Korea.

Embracing communism is anti-American.

He is giving Castro dictators a pass.

Think about this. From a White House statement yesterday on Iran. There is little doubt that even before the deal's existence, Iran was

violating its terms. President Donald Trump was on Tucker Carlson tonight last night. The president

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