NotableIf you hate Trump’s economy, I have news for you. “We should probably be more honest about judging the economy and more explicitly admitting that our opinion is based on much more than interest rates or inflation or even our own economic circumstances.” — Jason Furman, a contributing Opinion writer Obama’s Iran nuclear accord was working. “Ultimately, Mr. Obama’s nuclear deal rested on the theory that diplomacy could, over time, moderate a theocratic regime with enduring antagonism toward the United States and Israel and that regularly engaged in internal repression and external aggression.” — Suzanne Maloney, author of “The Iranian Revolution at Forty” Cubans want a deal. Just not this one. “Cuba’s government is weak and desperate; President Trump does not need to concede the country’s political future for the brief triumph of a deal struck.” — Maria de los Angeles Torres, a professor of Latin American and Latino studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago Spotlight
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