China has reported that its economy expanded at the slowest annual pace in a year in July-September, growing 4.8%, weighed down by trade tensions with the United States and slack domestic demand.

Perhaps nobody on Earth is as consumed with claiming credit for achievements — both real and exaggerated — as President Donald Trump is. But when it came to the Gaza ceasefire deal last week, even many of Trump’s critics didn’t begrudge him a prolonged victory lap.