The real crisis here is Trump’s fragile ego. As a candidate, he called the Iran nuclear deal an ‘embarrassment’ and the ‘worst deal ever.’ So nothing has been more humiliating to him to be required, under the Iran Nuclear Review Act, to certify that Iran is, in fact, keeping its promises. This amounts to requiring the president to admit, in writing, that he’s a windbag.

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