Trump vs. the racists, an Obama-esque Iran play and other commentary

“The political Right has come to accept that if there must be a civil-rights regime, it should be one of its own making,” observes City Journal’s Christopher F.Rufo.“The first field of battle is higher education,” where Trump has shattered the “illusion” that Ivy League leaders are “heirs to the civil-rights movement.” No: They are “active practitioners of racial discrimination.”And Trump’s “argument is straightforward”: “Racial discrimination is wrong” no matter the victim, and “any institution that continues to discriminate based on race is ineligible for federal support.”“The terms of this debate have now changed.

The president has ensured that the civil-rights regime will no longer be a one-way lever.”“The important thing for the Trump administration is not to blink.”“President Donald Trump is already growing impatient with the progress of the Iran nuclear negotiations that his chief envoy, Steve Witkoff, started only on Saturday,” notes The Free Press’ Eli Lake.But “the fact that Trump did not say that Iran cannot have a nuclear program, which is what he insisted on when he scuttled Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, is a red flag.”Yet “Obama never had this amount of leverage over Iran.Last year, Israel destroyed the regime’s strategic air defense systems” and wrecked its “two strongest proxies: Hezbollah and Hamas.

Iran’s economy is crippled,” with inflation above 30%.So it’s “baffling” Trump & Co.“would signal that they are open to a deal that allows an unpopular regime to keep its nuclear production capability.” Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email address.

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