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John Oliver warns Trump's crude swipe at Obama is about to backfire spectacularly
Trump’s Iran Boast Is Not a Policy Win. It Is a Damage Report.The Actual PowerThe source story is about Donald Trump attacking Barack Obama, but the relevant power sits elsewhere: Trump inherited the authority to tear up one deal, launch another, and call the result success. Obama is being used as a rhetorical prop because he no longer controls the machinery. Trump does. He made the decision to scrap the 2015 nuclear deal, he owns the replacement arrangement, and he now uses public humiliation of his predecessor to cover for the fact that the new deal is being sold as an achievement while…
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