President Donald Trump is not like his predecessors. Confronting a hostile regime in Tehran that has played American presidents for more than 35 years, the commander in chief took decisive action on June 21 to keep his promise that he would never allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Operation Midnight Hammer was a success—America’s fine men and women in uniform destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities and came home safe.

Now begins “The Art of the Deal.” In the aftermath of the war between Israel and Iran, Trump will need to employ all his dealmaking acumen to maintain a fragile ceasefire and—most importantly—to keep his promise to prevent America from being dragged into another forever war in the Middle East.

Recent history has taught us that it won’t be easy. Between the end of the Cold War and Trump’s first term, every single American president was drawn into protracted conflicts around the world. They knew how to make war, but not how to broker peace.

In the Balkans, President Bill Clinton laid the groundwork for liberal interventionism—boots on........

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