Claims: The US is facing its Suez moment – the outcome could change the world order
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- title: The US is facing its Suez moment – the outcome could change the world order Source
- url: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/iran-war-united-states-israel-suez-crisis-donald-trump-change-world-order/ Source
- summary: It is now clear that the war against Iran is going badly for Donald Trump. Binyamin Netanyahu and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) may be determined to carry on, but Trump is the war leader in deep trouble. So radical is this unexpected outcome that the United States may even be facing its Suez moment, like the one that saw France and the UK lose status in 1956, hastening decolonisation in the 1960s. If so, the effects of the Iran conflict could last for decades, well beyond the immediate confli… Source
- published: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:11:38 GMT Source