From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is the day.

Today, President Trump shocked his own team when he invited the authoritarian leader of the Philippines to visit the White House.

Now he says he's open to meeting the leader of North Korea.

Why does he do it? Why the disregard of traditional diplomacy?

And the Times interviews Ivanka Trump. What does it mean to be an advisor to the president and also his daughter?

It's Tuesday, May 2nd.

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Don't let us interrupt you, Maggie.

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Maggie Haverman covers the White House for the Times.

So the story yesterday was that President Trump had shocked his advisors by inviting the president of the Philippines.

Roderick Goetheertey to the White House.

I'm interested in the why. What insight can you give us into that call?

Sure. The why is that this administration has made a strategic choice about how it's going to handle certain relationships.

And they have decided that they are going to build up regional support systems.

In this case, Philippines related to North Korea and containing the threat there.

As best they can. These are calls or meetings that President Obama would not have taken.

And generally didn't. In this case, this was supposed to be a phone call.

It was just supposed to be a discussion.

And my understanding of it, and again, to be clear, there is such a rosham on effect with this White House where you have seven different perspectives, depending on who you talk to.

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