Since President Barack Obama first took office:

• Homicides have dropped 13 percent, but gun sales have surged.
• The economy has added more than 9 million jobs, and the jobless rate has dropped to below the historical median.
• The number of long-term unemployed Americans has dropped by 614,000 under Obama, but it is still 761,000 higher than at the start of the Great Recession.
• Corporate profits are up 166 percent; real weekly wages are up 3.4 percent.
• There are 15 million fewer people who lack health insurance.
• Wind and solar power have nearly tripled, and now account for more than 5 percent of U.S. electricity.

Today he announced that there were changes in the relationship with Iran.

The President’s full remarks on Iran:

This morning, speaking from the Cabinet Room, President announced that we’ve secured significant diplomatic achievements in Iran. Thanks to the Iran nuclear agreement, Iran can no longer develop a nuclear weapon. And this morning, four Americans were officially freed from wrongful imprisonment and are on their way home.

This is what strong, principled American diplomacy can do. As the President said today:

“Today’s progress — Americans coming home, an Iran that has rolled back its nuclear program and accepted unprecedented monitoring of that program — these things are a reminder of what we can achieve when we lead with strength and with wisdom; with courage and resolve and patience. America can do, and has done, big things when we work together”