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“A one-sided United States trade deal that will put us at the mercy of Donald Trump and the biggest American corporations.”—British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn’s warning of a Trump-touted, post-Brexit trade deal between the U.S. and the U.K.
“The United States is ready, willing and able to immediately negotiate a free-trade agreement with the UK.”—Vice President Mike Pence.
“They’re dead.”—President Trump on the status of talks to implement the U.S. troop exit from Afghanistan.
“I think one of the reasons we’ve been unable to make a deal: We have competing objectives in the Administration. I think that has caused China to be uncertain about where this is all headed.”—Wendy Cutler, vice president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and a former acting deputy U.S. trade representative.
“To be fair, some kinds of business do thrive under Trumpism—namely, businesses that aren’t in it for the long run, operations whose strategy is to take the money and run. … In other words, under Trump it’s spring time for grifters. … Remaking the U.S. economy in the image of Trump University isn’t exactly making America great again.”—Paul Krugman, New York Times.
“To say in the wake of so many mass shootings in so many localities across this country that the people themselves are now to be rendered newly powerless, that all they can do is stand by and watch as federal courts design their destiny—this would deliver a body blow to democracy.”—Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that voted to uphold the Maryland assault weapons ban.
“No matter what, the world has to move on from fossil fuels just as we moved on from tallow candles and outhouses and land lines.”—Colorado State University climatologist Scott Denning.
“Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges facing society today. My personal view is that any institution has to actually have climate change risk and protection of the environment at the core of their understanding of their mission.”—Christine Lagarde, former chairwoman of the International Monetary Fund and recently nominated as president of the European Central Bank.
“(Trump’s) going the opposite direction on the existential question for Florida—which is sea level rise. That should be the mantra of any campaign.”—Environmentalist Rafe Pomerance.
“Wouldn’t it be worth $75,000 a year to pay for a Presidential Proofreader so that you’ll have the semblance of literacy?”—What was tweeted back to Trump from Bryan A. Garner, the author of “Garner’s Modern English Usage,” in response to the president’s routine flouting of writing conventions.
“The criteria for a promising protest candidate are not especially stringent. He or she needs to be conservative, without a large asterisk, with a record of sanity and decency. Surely in this great and large nation, anti-Trump Republicans can find someone who meets them.”—Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review.
“(Democrats) should choose the candidate who maximizes their chance of winning. … This means—first and foremost—the candidate who has the best chance of carrying the states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin) that Mr. Trump pried off the Blue Wall (in 2016).”—William Galston, Wall Street Journal.
“Mitch McConnell is the Nancy Pelosi of 2020.”—Cook Political Report analyst Jennifer E. Duffy on the strategic targeting of McConnell by Democrats.
“The biggest divide in the (Democratic) party is not between left and center. It’s between those who believe once Trump is gone, things will go back to normal, and those that believe that our democracy is under a threat that goes beyond Trump.”—Dan Pfeiffer, Democratic strategist who served as a top campaign aide to Barack Obama.
“I would not see a recession as the most likely outcome for the United States or the global economy.”—Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
“Even the largest social media platform in the world must follow the law and respect consumers.”—New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is leading a multi-state, bipartisan investigation of Facebook for possible antitrust violations.
“Hillsborough County voters exercised a right that the Florida Legislature gave them. The fact that that is being walked back now is incredibly disappointing.”—All for Transportation organizer Christina Barker.
“I think it’s time to celebrate what’s underground as much as we celebrate what’s above ground.”—Mayor Jane Castor’s chief of staff John Bennett, after city council had approved a large utility bill hike to fix the city’s aging water and sewer systems.
“Investing in ways to increase access to affordable housing is critically important to our communities. When we don’t, we end up with homelessness.”—Hillsborough County Commissioner Kimberly Overman, after the Commission had voted to set aside $10 million a year to subsidize rents and incentivize new construction.
“I always say, you have never seen a ribbon cutting on an underground project. Well, just you wait.”—Mayor Jane Castor.

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