ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that Vice President Mike Pence had reached an agreement with Turkey’s president for a halt to hostilities in northern Syria.

“This is a great day for civilization,” Trump wrote. “People have been trying to make this “Deal” for many years.”

Maybe he put “Deal” in quotes because it really isn’t one.

Pence called it a “cease-fire.” But such a pact usually involves all warring parties. This one, by contrast, includes only the invaders, Turkey.

This agreement merely cements that country’s battlefield gains and immediately undoes U.S. sanctions levied against it just this week after Turkey bombed and invaded northern Syria eight days ago.