Donald Trump knows well enough that the art of a good deal is making the best of a bad lot.

The U.S. president made the best possible deal this week, given that he’d started the worst possible war last February — a war of choice that left him no choice but to sue for peace. Despite winning the battle over Iranian airspace, he lost the war over the Strait of Hormuz — and ultimately had to cut his losses.

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