President Trump struck a ceasefire with Iran that didnt seem possible.Doesnt matter.Trump pressured Israel into halting its attacks on Lebanon.So what.TRUMP RENEWS BRIDGE, POWER PLANT THREAT AGAINST IRAN IN PUSH FOR DEAL, MOCKS 'TOUGH GUY' IRGCThe stock market reached record highs as investors concluded the war is about to end.Big deal.No matter what the guy does, his opponents wont give him credit.TRUMP PUSHED IRAN TO THE BRINK BUT DID WE WIN ANYTHING THAT LASTS?And when the murderous mullahs again shut down the Strait of Hormuzin retaliation, they say, for the U.S. enforcing its own blockade of Iranian portsyou could practically hear the sighs of relief that the peace deal might be crumbling.Trump told ABCs Jonathan Karl yesterday that Iran has committed a "serious violation" of the ceasefire, but he was still confident about a deal:"It will happen. One way or another, The nice way or the hard way. Its going to happen. You can quote me."VANCE WARNS IRAN WILL 'FIND OUT' TRUMP IS 'NOT ONE TO MESS AROUND' IF CEASEFIRE DEAL FALLS APARTOn X, Karl got hammered forget thiscalling the president for comment on a significant setback in the war."Why compromise yourself as a journalist & post BS from a pathological liar?" one woman said."Jon, just stop," said another female poster. "You know he doesnt have a clue so he just feeds you guys lies."WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: 5 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM TRUMPS IRAN ADDRESSAfter the Karl exchange, Trump tweeted: "NO MORE MR. NICE GUY1"A banner headline on Drudge read "LEAK: TRUMP GRIPPED WITH FEAR." This was tied to a Wall Street Journal piece about Trumps frustrations with the war, sometimes losing focus, and musing about awarding himself the Medal of Honor.When Tehran fired on two Indian-flagged ships in the strait, it was a troubling sign. The speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Ghalibaf, says the two sides are far apart on a final agreement. Maybe thats a negotiating tactic.HEGSETH DECLARES 'DECISIVE MILITARY VICTORY' OVER IRANThe larger point is that most Democrats and many in the media wont acknowledge it when the president does something that turns out right. Because its Trump.Now some of this is rooted in Trumps decision, under pressure from Israel, to launch his war of choice, conduct airstrikes against Iran without so much as a nod to Congress or our supposed European allies.Maybe that was a bad decision. It certainly wasnt a popular one.IRAN WAR NEARS COMPLETION AS TRUMP EYES DEADLINE WHAT THE ENDGAME COULD LOOK LIKESeven weeks later, a new Politico poll finds 38% of those surveyed support the strikesand almost half say Trump spends too much time on global affairs rather than domestic issues.The presidents inflammatory rhetoric hasnt helped, from "Close the Fin Strait" on Easter Sunday to vowing two days later that "a whole civilization will die tonight."So I understand those who have principled objections to the war, especially Trumps former acolytes in the conservative media.STEVE FORBES: NO MORE DELUSIONS AMERICA HAS TO FINISH THE JOB IN IRANBut whether he was lucky or just stumbled into the right situation, he certainly deserves a belated bit of recognition.Trump says his tough and sometimes erratic talk kept the Iranian leaders who survived the bombing off balance. And, of course, his latest delay in the bombing pause created the space for a tentative agreement (which theoretically expires Tuesday).Come on: If President Biden had achieved a double ceasefirewith Iran and LebanonDemocrats would be hailing him as a great commander-in-chief and powerful peacemaker. (And most Republicans would be critical.)TRUMPS IRAN STRATEGY SHOWCASES DOCTRINE OF UNPREDICTABILITY AMID STRIKE THREATS AND SUDDEN PAUSETrump, never one to deflect credit, posted Friday: "The Failing New York Times, FAKE NEWS CNN, and others, just dont know what to do. They are desperately looking for a reason to criticize President Donald J. Trump on the Iran situation, but just cant find it."Meanwhile, Trump hasnt lost his talent for stepping on his own story.By posting that fake AI picture of himself as Jesus, and a followup of Christ comforting him, the president angered many Catholic followers who viewed the images as blasphemous. Trump had to delete the first one within 12 hours, which he almost never does.MORNING GLORY: THE US-IRAN NEGOTIATIONS IN ISLAMABAD BECAME REYKJAVK 2.0I know why he did it. Trump wanted to draw attention to his war of words with Pope Leo, and this guaranteed the topic would dominate the news for days. He even had JD Vance, a converted Catholic, warn the American-born Pope to be careful about discussing theology.By the way, I dont agree with Pete Hegseth (who delivered a biblical verse actually lifted from "Pulp Fiction") unloading on the "Trump-hating" legacy media. I dont believe theyve portrayed the war as a failure.But in watching show after show after Trumps announcement, I saw a bit of straight reporting on the presidents update quickly fade into the Jesus uproar, dissing NATO, the Epstein files, RFKs ostensible shift on vaccines, Victor Orbans defeatall the same stuff they would have been talking about had there been no progress on the war.WHY TRUMP, IRAN SEEM LIGHT-YEARS APART ON ANY POSSIBLE DEAL TO END THE WARDespite the presidents repeated pronouncements of victory, we do have to ask where this would leave his main rationale for the airstrikesto keep Iran from building nuclear weapons.Whether such an outcome was imminent or not, I havent seen the Iranians, who lie for a living, agree to forfeit their longtime ambitions.What Ive watched instead is Trump saying he would strongly consider unfreezing$20 billion in Iranian assets if the U.S. can remove the enriched uraniumand underground nuclear "dust" from the country. Maybe with that supposed price tag, its worthwhile for the worlds biggest terror state.BROADCAST BIAS: FROM SPACE TO CEASEFIRES, NETWORKS STILL PAINT TRUMP AS THE PROBLEMBut as weve just learned again, the devil is always in the details.Lets say the ceasefire holds, Hormuz is reopened, and a deal is madeputting aside, for the sake of argument, all the caveats about how this train could be derailed.Will the Democrats and the mainstream media even grudgingly concede that Donald Trump pulled off something quite historic?Im not so sure about that.