POLITICS: Trump totally vindicated in decision to strike as Israel, Iran reach cease-fire

Disappointing hysterics across the political spectrum, from Trump-deranged lefties to pseudo-MAGA isolationists, President Donald Trump announced Monday evening that Iran and Israel have agreed in principle to a cease-fire.

This follows Iran’s nothingburger attack earlier in the day on a US base in Qatar that barely stirred up the desert dust, a face-saving gesture in lieu of any greater response to Operation Midnight Hammer.

That prompted the prez to suggest “Iran can now proceed to Peace and Harmony in the Region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same” — which seemingly did the trick.

And totally vindicates Trump’s decision to take out Iran’s nuclear sites — and so move this crisis toward a rapid end.

Yes, plenty remains up in the air: For starters, will both sides indeed stop firing at midnight Tuesday?

It they do, will it last?

The odds grow if the deal somehow stretches to include Tehran’s terror proxies — especially, if it means Hamas throws in the towel and turns over the remaining hostages, with its disarmed fighters going into exile far from Israel’s borders.

Then, too, it’s not yet clear just how far back the US-Israeli strikes have set back Iran’s nuclear-weapons programs; maybe it’s decades, or perhaps the mission will need repeating in just a few years.

And we see no sign that Tehran has forsworn revenge attacks — say, a series of assassinations by those much-rumored sleeper cells.

Even with those questions outstanding, Monday brought a fine putdown of all those who fretted about “escalation” on Sunday: Iran’s rulers realized they had no good moves now except to cut their losses and pull back in hopes something will eventually break their way.

Cross your fingers that everyone else in the Middle East can go straight to building a better future.