April 08, 2026

America’s Suez Moment: Trump Has Completely Underestimated Iran | General Sir Richard Shirreff

Apr 8, 2026 | “You now see the global superpower humbled by a tinpot theocratic dictatorship.”

Trump's failure to force the Iranians to open the Strait of Hormuz "is America's Suez moment”, and he has completely underestimated Iran’s “tinpot theocratic dictatorship”, says General Sir Richard Shirreff, former deputy supreme allied commander of NATO.