VOL. CLXVIII . . . No. 58,351 + © 2019 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019 U(D54G1D)y+$!@!\!#!; COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Standing on a sun- drenched bluff above the Nor- mandy beaches, where 10,000 sol- diers sacrificed themselves to a savage fusillade of gunfire and opened the way for Europe’s liber- ation in 1944, President Trump de- clared on Thursday, “We are gath- ered here on freedom’s altar.” Seventy-five years after the D- Day invasion, the president, who has called into question America’s alliances around the world — in- cluding with countries that fought with the United States in Nor- mandy — pledged fidelity to friendships “forged in the heat of battle, tested in the trials of war, and proven in the blessings of peace.” It was Mr. Trump’s only refer- ence to the importance of the At- lantic alliance, in a speech that dwelled on the service of D-Day’s American veterans. Dozens of them were seated behind him overlooking the white grave markers of fallen comrades, and Omaha Beach beyond. Speaking gravely, with few of the ad-libs that usually pepper his speeches, Mr. Trump recounted stories of heroism and suffering, often in graphic terms. The veter- ans not only had vanquished Nazi tyranny, he said, but built the American century. “To the men who sit behind me and to the boys who rest in the field before me,” Mr. Trump said, “your example will never, ever grow old, your legend will never tire, your spirit — brave, unyield- ing and true — will never die.” There was a lingering incongru- ity to Mr. Trump’s words: a presi- dent who has denigrated the Eu- ropean Union and accused NATO Trump Pays Tribute to D-Day at ‘Freedom’s Altar’ By MARK LANDLER and MAGGIE HABERMAN President Trump and President Emmanuel Macron of France with their wives at the Normandy American Cemetery on Thursday. DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES Honoring Veterans and Saying Little About Ties Under Threat Continued on Page A12 OWATONNA, Minn. — “I knew it wasn’t O.K.,” Kloey, 16, said. “I knew that for sure.” Late one Saturday night in Feb- ruary in this Minnesota town, Kloey posted a selfie on Snapchat with two of her friends. Kloey stuck out her tongue, Candace pursed her lips and Grace wore a wide-eyed grin. While singing along to a rap song in Kloey’s car, Grace, who is white, used a hateful racial slur for what she said was the very first time. Kloey, also white, posted the photo on Snapchat to commemorate the oc- casion, spelling out the slur in the caption. The post spread quickly among Owatonna High School’s small population of black students, who had felt for years that racism had been allowed to quietly fester in their school. Not again, they said to each other in anger. Teenagers flirt on social media. They pour out their souls. And all too often, in an era of viral videos, they show off their intolerance when it comes to race. High school students have been captured flashing the Nazi salute and sing- ing Ku Klux Klan-themed Christ- mas songs. Teachers have dressed up as a border wall for Halloween and asked their black students to participate in mock slave auctions. The fallout from such episodes often looks the same: online apologies and out- rage, and then everyone involved moves on. But after Kloey’s Snapchat post, something different hap- pened in this town of 25,000 resi- dents, where nearly 90 percent of the population is white. With the prodding of black stu- dents, white Owatonna residents did what they had mostly had the luxury of avoiding: talk about race. It hasn’t been easy. Jeffrey S. El- stad, the Owatonna superintend- ent, said that what happened was A Selfie, a Slur and a Fissure in One School’s Silence About Race By JOHN ELIGON Continued on Page A19 JAMES KEIVOM FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES A cadet was killed and nearly two dozen were hurt when a vehicle overturned Thursday. Page A22. Fatal Crash Near West Point The violent police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City in 1969 is widely regarded as a semi- nal event in the gay rights move- ment. But police officials had long refused to admit that officers’ be- havior and the raid itself were not justified, leaving a rift between law enforcement and gay-rights supporters that seemed to deepen distrust over the years. On Thursday, as people around the world began commemorating the 50th anniversary of the clash, New York’s police commissioner took a step toward making amends, issuing an unusual offi- cial apology on behalf of the Police Department for the actions of offi- cers during the Stonewall upris- ing. “The actions taken by the N.Y.P.D. were wrong — plain and simple,” the commissioner, James P. O’Neill, said during an event at Police Headquarters. It was an admission that gay rights leaders said was momen- tous and unexpected, if overdue. “To have the N.Y.P.D. commis- sioner make these very explicit remarks apologizing, it’s really moving,” said Corey Johnson, the City Council speaker, who is gay and who had a day earlier called for a police apology. Still, some cautioned the Police Department that its future actions needed to back up its words. “The history of police violence and criminalization of L.G.B.T.Q. people sadly continues to this day,” said Richard Saenz, an attor- ney at Lambda Legal, a national civil rights organization. After 50 Years, Police Apology For Stonewall By MICHAEL GOLD and DEREK M. NORMAN Continued on Page A22 WASHINGTON — Mexico and the United States are discussing significant changes in asylum rules and border enforcement that could forestall President Trump from imposing tariffs on all Mexican imports, senior officials from both countries said Thurs- day. The changes under considera- tion would give the United States a greater ability to reject requests for entry from migrant families fleeing violence in Central Amer- ica, according to those officials. Under the new arrangement, mi- grants would be required to seek asylum in the first foreign country they enter after leaving their homes. Guatemalans looking for refuge would have to apply for asylum in Mexico rather than the United States. And those fleeing El Sal- vador and Honduras would have to seek asylum in Guatemala rather than continuing on to Mex- ico or the United States. If a deal is reached, Mexico would also allow an expansion of an American program in which those seeking asylum in the United States are required to wait in Mexico while their legal cases proceed. About 8,000 migrants are waiting in Mexico, but under the agreement, that number could grow. A Mexican official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity be- cause the talks are continuing and private, cautioned that there had been no agreement reached on the asylum discussions. And Mr. Trump, who has repeatedly de- manded that Mexico end the re- cent surge of immigration into the United States, has not yet ap- proved the direction of the talks. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said in an email that “our position has not changed, and we are still mov- ing forward with tariffs at this time.” Mexican negotiators have also pledged to send 6,000 troops to Mexico’s border with Guatemala, the entry point for a recent surge of migrants who have then made their way through Mexico to the United States border. The Wash- ington Post first reported the dis- cussions on Thursday. Officials from both countries have been talking for several days Asylum Rules Move to Center Of Tariff Talks U.S. Seeks More Power to Reject Requests By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and AZAM AHMED Continued on Page A17 Scot Peterson, who faces charges over the Parkland massacre, said, “I’m never going to get over this.” PAGE A18 Deputy Says He Wasn’t Scared WASHINGTON — The world’s largest automakers warned Presi- dent Trump on Thursday that one of his most sweeping deregula- tory efforts — his plan to weaken tailpipe pollution standards — threatens to cut their profits and produce “untenable” instability in a crucial manufacturing sector. In a letter signed by 17 compa- nies including Ford, General Mo- tors, Toyota and Volvo, the au- tomakers asked Mr. Trump to go back to the negotiating table on the planned rollback. It repre- sents the most forceful statement to date by the auto industry against Mr. Trump’s effort to weaken the pollution rules, which were one of President Barack Obama’s signature policies to fight climate change. The carmakers are addressing a crisis that is partly of their own making. They had sought some changes to the pollution stand- ards early in the Trump presiden- cy, but have since grown alarmed at the expanding scope of the ad- ministration’s plan. Mr. Trump’s new rule, which is expected to be made public this summer, would all but eliminate the Obama-era auto pollution reg- ulations, essentially freezing mile- age standards at about 37 miles per gallon for cars, down from a target of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. The policy makes it a near certainty that California and 13 other states will sue the adminis- tration while continuing to en- force their own, stricter rules — in effect, splitting the United States auto market in two. For automakers, a bifurcated market is their nightmare sce- nario. In the letter to Mr. Trump, they warned of “an extended peri- od of litigation and instability” should his plans be implemented. The letter was delivered to the White House on Thursday morn- ing, the same time as a similar let- ter to Gov. Gavin Newsom of Cali- CARMAKERS URGE TRUMP TO RETOOL POLLUTION POLICY INDUSTRY CRISIS FEARED Concerns That Rollback of Obama Rules May Bifurcate Market By CORAL DAVENPORT Continued on Page A19 TRYING TO KEEP UP A scuttled merger is a reminder that change is hard for carmakers. PAGE B1 Hong Kong’s top court ruled that a gay couple was entitled to spousal benefits, a decision seen as a milestone. PAGE A6 INTERNATIONAL A4-13 Court Ruling Favors Gay Couple An array of added expenses hitting the apparel industry may be passed on to consumers. PAGE B1 BUSINESS B1-6 Tariffs’ Toll on Your Wardrobe With the museum closing soon for a four-month renovation, we look to the future. Above, admiring Barnett New- man’s “Vir Heroicus Sublimis.” PAGE C17 WEEKEND ARTS C1-32 Hiatus at MoMA Nears Protest leaders advocated civil disobe- dience after a military crackdown left 108 demonstrators dead. PAGE A5 Push for Democracy in Sudan Silicon Valley was seen as one of the few relatively untainted sources of big- money donations for Democratic candi- dates. Now, that’s changing. PAGE A15 NATIONAL A14-20 Bashing Tech and Taking Cash The Chinese company reached a deal to help Moscow build a high-speed wire- less network, known as 5G. PAGE B3 Huawei Is Welcomed in Russia For American students, studying over- seas, a coveted résumé builder, is now more structured, often more brief and undertaken with a goal in mind. SPECIAL SECTION Abroad, With a Purpose Amanda Anisimova beat the French Open champion, Simona Halep, becom- ing the latest teenager on the women’s tour set for a breakthrough. PAGE B7 SPORTSFRIDAY B7-12 In Paris, Semifinals and School David Brooks PAGE A25 EDITORIAL, OP-ED A24-25 Born Malcolm Rebennack Jr., Dr. John was part of a pantheon of New Orleans keyboard wizards. He was 77. OBITUARIES A23 Part Musician, Part Mardi Gras ATLANTA — After two days of intense criticism, Joseph R. Biden Jr. reversed himself Thursday night on one of the issues most im- portant to Democratic voters, say- ing he no longer supports a meas- ure that bans federal funding for most abortions. As recently as Wednesday, Mr. Biden’s campaign had said he sup- ported the measure, known as the Hyde Amendment. His decision to change positions illustrates the in- tense pressure he faces as the pre- sumed front-runner for the Demo- cratic nomination for president. His turnaround was abrupt, particularly because Mr. Biden has grappled for decades with his views on abortion rights. While he has said he supports Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that made abortion legal nationwide, he has opposed members of his own party on a number of abor- tion measures, ascribing his reluc- tance to his Roman Catholic faith. In a speech at a gala hosted by the Democratic National Commit- tee in Atlanta on Thursday night, Mr. Biden credited the change, in part, to recent efforts by Republi- cans to roll back abortion access in states including Georgia and across the country — especially in the South — calling them “ex- treme laws.” “If I believe health care is a right, as I do, I can no longer sup- port an amendment that makes that right dependent on some- one’s ZIP code,” Mr. Biden said. After Uproar, Biden Denounces Federal Limit on Abortion Funds By KATIE GLUECK Joseph R. Biden Jr. AUDRA MELTON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES Continued on Page A16 Late Edition Today, sunny to partly cloudy, less humid, high 78. Tonight, clear, low 64. Tomorrow, sunshine and patchy clouds, slightly warmer afternoon, high 80. Weather map, Page A18. $3.00
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VOL. CLXVIII . . . No. 58,351 + © 2019 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019
C M Y K Nxxx,2019-06-07,A,001,Bs-4C,E2_+
U(D54G1D)y+$!@!\!#!;
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER,France — Standing on a sun-drenched bluff above the Nor-mandy beaches, where 10,000 sol-diers sacrificed themselves to asavage fusillade of gunfire andopened the way for Europe’s liber-ation in 1944, President Trump de-clared on Thursday, “We are gath-ered here on freedom’s altar.”
Seventy-five years after the D-Day invasion, the president, whohas called into question America’salliances around the world — in-cluding with countries that foughtwith the United States in Nor-mandy — pledged fidelity tofriendships “forged in the heat of
battle, tested in the trials of war,and proven in the blessings ofpeace.”
It was Mr. Trump’s only refer-ence to the importance of the At-lantic alliance, in a speech thatdwelled on the service of D-Day’sAmerican veterans. Dozens ofthem were seated behind himoverlooking the white gravemarkers of fallen comrades, andOmaha Beach beyond.
Speaking gravely, with few ofthe ad-libs that usually pepper hisspeeches, Mr. Trump recountedstories of heroism and suffering,often in graphic terms. The veter-ans not only had vanquished Nazityranny, he said, but built theAmerican century.
“To the men who sit behind meand to the boys who rest in thefield before me,” Mr. Trump said,“your example will never, evergrow old, your legend will nevertire, your spirit — brave, unyield-ing and true — will never die.”
There was a lingering incongru-ity to Mr. Trump’s words: a presi-dent who has denigrated the Eu-ropean Union and accused NATO
Trump Pays Tribute to D-Day at ‘Freedom’s Altar’By MARK LANDLER
and MAGGIE HABERMAN
President Trump and President Emmanuel Macron of France with their wives at the Normandy American Cemetery on Thursday.DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES
Honoring Veterans andSaying Little AboutTies Under Threat
Continued on Page A12
OWATONNA, Minn. — “I knewit wasn’t O.K.,” Kloey, 16, said. “Iknew that for sure.”
Late one Saturday night in Feb-ruary in this Minnesota town,Kloey posted a selfie on Snapchatwith two of her friends. Kloeystuck out her tongue, Candacepursed her lips and Grace wore awide-eyed grin. While singingalong to a rap song in Kloey’s car,Grace, who is white, used a hateful
racial slur for what she said wasthe very first time. Kloey, alsowhite, posted the photo onSnapchat to commemorate the oc-casion, spelling out the slur in thecaption.
The post spread quickly amongOwatonna High School’s smallpopulation of black students, whohad felt for years that racism hadbeen allowed to quietly fester intheir school. Not again, they saidto each other in anger.
Teenagers flirt on social media.They pour out their souls. And all
too often, in an era of viral videos,they show off their intolerancewhen it comes to race. High schoolstudents have been capturedflashing the Nazi salute and sing-ing Ku Klux Klan-themed Christ-mas songs. Teachers havedressed up as a border wall forHalloween and asked their blackstudents to participate in mockslave auctions. The fallout fromsuch episodes often looks thesame: online apologies and out-rage, and then everyone involvedmoves on.
But after Kloey’s Snapchatpost, something different hap-pened in this town of 25,000 resi-dents, where nearly 90 percent ofthe population is white.
With the prodding of black stu-dents, white Owatonna residentsdid what they had mostly had theluxury of avoiding: talk aboutrace.
It hasn’t been easy. Jeffrey S. El-stad, the Owatonna superintend-ent, said that what happened was
A Selfie, a Slur and a Fissure in One School’s Silence About RaceBy JOHN ELIGON
Continued on Page A19
JAMES KEIVOM FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
A cadet was killed and nearly two dozen were hurt when a vehicle overturned Thursday. Page A22.Fatal Crash Near West Point
The violent police raid at theStonewall Inn in New York City in1969 is widely regarded as a semi-nal event in the gay rights move-ment. But police officials had longrefused to admit that officers’ be-havior and the raid itself were notjustified, leaving a rift betweenlaw enforcement and gay-rightssupporters that seemed to deependistrust over the years.
On Thursday, as people aroundthe world began commemoratingthe 50th anniversary of the clash,New York’s police commissionertook a step toward makingamends, issuing an unusual offi-cial apology on behalf of the PoliceDepartment for the actions of offi-cers during the Stonewall upris-ing.
“The actions taken by theN.Y.P.D. were wrong — plain andsimple,” the commissioner, JamesP. O’Neill, said during an event atPolice Headquarters.
It was an admission that gayrights leaders said was momen-tous and unexpected, if overdue.
“To have the N.Y.P.D. commis-sioner make these very explicitremarks apologizing, it’s reallymoving,” said Corey Johnson, theCity Council speaker, who is gayand who had a day earlier calledfor a police apology.
Still, some cautioned the PoliceDepartment that its future actionsneeded to back up its words.
“The history of police violenceand criminalization of L.G.B.T.Q.people sadly continues to thisday,” said Richard Saenz, an attor-ney at Lambda Legal, a nationalcivil rights organization.
After 50 Years,Police Apology
For StonewallBy MICHAEL GOLD
and DEREK M. NORMAN
Continued on Page A22
WASHINGTON — Mexico andthe United States are discussingsignificant changes in asylumrules and border enforcementthat could forestall PresidentTrump from imposing tariffs on allMexican imports, senior officialsfrom both countries said Thurs-day.
The changes under considera-tion would give the United Statesa greater ability to reject requestsfor entry from migrant familiesfleeing violence in Central Amer-ica, according to those officials.Under the new arrangement, mi-grants would be required to seekasylum in the first foreign countrythey enter after leaving theirhomes.
Guatemalans looking for refugewould have to apply for asylum inMexico rather than the UnitedStates. And those fleeing El Sal-vador and Honduras would haveto seek asylum in Guatemalarather than continuing on to Mex-ico or the United States.
If a deal is reached, Mexicowould also allow an expansion ofan American program in whichthose seeking asylum in theUnited States are required to waitin Mexico while their legal casesproceed. About 8,000 migrantsare waiting in Mexico, but underthe agreement, that number couldgrow.
A Mexican official, who spokeon the condition of anonymity be-cause the talks are continuing andprivate, cautioned that there hadbeen no agreement reached on theasylum discussions. And Mr.Trump, who has repeatedly de-manded that Mexico end the re-cent surge of immigration into theUnited States, has not yet ap-proved the direction of the talks.Sarah Huckabee Sanders, theWhite House press secretary, saidin an email that “our position hasnot changed, and we are still mov-ing forward with tariffs at thistime.”
Mexican negotiators have alsopledged to send 6,000 troops toMexico’s border with Guatemala,the entry point for a recent surgeof migrants who have then madetheir way through Mexico to theUnited States border. The Wash-ington Post first reported the dis-cussions on Thursday.
Officials from both countrieshave been talking for several days
Asylum RulesMove to CenterOf Tariff Talks
U.S. Seeks More Powerto Reject Requests
By MICHAEL D. SHEARand AZAM AHMED
Continued on Page A17
Scot Peterson, who faces charges overthe Parkland massacre, said, “I’m nevergoing to get over this.” PAGE A18
Deputy Says He Wasn’t Scared
WASHINGTON — The world’slargest automakers warned Presi-dent Trump on Thursday that oneof his most sweeping deregula-tory efforts — his plan to weakentailpipe pollution standards —threatens to cut their profits andproduce “untenable” instability ina crucial manufacturing sector.
In a letter signed by 17 compa-nies including Ford, General Mo-tors, Toyota and Volvo, the au-tomakers asked Mr. Trump to goback to the negotiating table onthe planned rollback. It repre-sents the most forceful statementto date by the auto industryagainst Mr. Trump’s effort toweaken the pollution rules, whichwere one of President BarackObama’s signature policies tofight climate change.
The carmakers are addressinga crisis that is partly of their ownmaking. They had sought somechanges to the pollution stand-ards early in the Trump presiden-cy, but have since grown alarmedat the expanding scope of the ad-ministration’s plan.
Mr. Trump’s new rule, which isexpected to be made public thissummer, would all but eliminatethe Obama-era auto pollution reg-ulations, essentially freezing mile-age standards at about 37 milesper gallon for cars, down from atarget of 54.5 miles per gallon by2025. The policy makes it a nearcertainty that California and 13other states will sue the adminis-tration while continuing to en-force their own, stricter rules — ineffect, splitting the United Statesauto market in two.
For automakers, a bifurcatedmarket is their nightmare sce-nario. In the letter to Mr. Trump,they warned of “an extended peri-od of litigation and instability”should his plans be implemented.
The letter was delivered to theWhite House on Thursday morn-ing, the same time as a similar let-ter to Gov. Gavin Newsom of Cali-
CARMAKERS URGETRUMP TO RETOOLPOLLUTION POLICY
INDUSTRY CRISIS FEARED
Concerns That Rollbackof Obama Rules May
Bifurcate Market
By CORAL DAVENPORT
Continued on Page A19
TRYING TO KEEP UP A scuttledmerger is a reminder that changeis hard for carmakers. PAGE B1
Hong Kong’s top court ruled that a gaycouple was entitled to spousal benefits,a decision seen as a milestone. PAGE A6
INTERNATIONAL A4-13
Court Ruling Favors Gay CoupleAn array of added expenses hitting theapparel industry may be passed on toconsumers. PAGE B1
BUSINESS B1-6
Tariffs’ Toll on Your WardrobeWith the museum closing soon for afour-month renovation, we look to thefuture. Above, admiring Barnett New-man’s “Vir Heroicus Sublimis.” PAGE C17
WEEKEND ARTS C1-32
Hiatus at MoMA Nears
Protest leaders advocated civil disobe-dience after a military crackdown left108 demonstrators dead. PAGE A5
Push for Democracy in Sudan
Silicon Valley was seen as one of the fewrelatively untainted sources of big-money donations for Democratic candi-dates. Now, that’s changing. PAGE A15
NATIONAL A14-20
Bashing Tech and Taking Cash
The Chinese company reached a deal tohelp Moscow build a high-speed wire-less network, known as 5G. PAGE B3
Huawei Is Welcomed in Russia
For American students, studying over-seas, a coveted résumé builder, is nowmore structured, often more brief andundertaken with a goal in mind.
SPECIAL SECTION
Abroad, With a Purpose
Amanda Anisimova beat the FrenchOpen champion, Simona Halep, becom-ing the latest teenager on the women’stour set for a breakthrough. PAGE B7
SPORTSFRIDAY B7-12
In Paris, Semifinals and School
David Brooks PAGE A25
EDITORIAL, OP-ED A24-25Born Malcolm Rebennack Jr., Dr. Johnwas part of a pantheon of New Orleanskeyboard wizards. He was 77.
OBITUARIES A23
Part Musician, Part Mardi Gras
ATLANTA — After two days ofintense criticism, Joseph R. BidenJr. reversed himself Thursdaynight on one of the issues most im-portant to Democratic voters, say-ing he no longer supports a meas-ure that bans federal funding formost abortions.
As recently as Wednesday, Mr.Biden’s campaign had said he sup-ported the measure, known as theHyde Amendment. His decision tochange positions illustrates the in-tense pressure he faces as the pre-sumed front-runner for the Demo-cratic nomination for president.
His turnaround was abrupt,particularly because Mr. Bidenhas grappled for decades with hisviews on abortion rights. While hehas said he supports Roe v. Wade,the Supreme Court ruling thatmade abortion legal nationwide,he has opposed members of hisown party on a number of abor-tion measures, ascribing his reluc-tance to his Roman Catholic faith.
In a speech at a gala hosted by
the Democratic National Commit-tee in Atlanta on Thursday night,Mr. Biden credited the change, inpart, to recent efforts by Republi-cans to roll back abortion accessin states including Georgia andacross the country — especially inthe South — calling them “ex-treme laws.”
“If I believe health care is aright, as I do, I can no longer sup-port an amendment that makesthat right dependent on some-one’s ZIP code,” Mr. Biden said.
After Uproar, Biden DenouncesFederal Limit on Abortion Funds
By KATIE GLUECK
Joseph R. Biden Jr.AUDRA MELTON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Continued on Page A16
Late EditionToday, sunny to partly cloudy, lesshumid, high 78. Tonight, clear, low64. Tomorrow, sunshine and patchyclouds, slightly warmer afternoon,high 80. Weather map, Page A18.
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