The day the US became Britain at SuezMunitions sit on trolleys near a B‑1B Lancer military aircraft parked at RAF Fairford airbase after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Britain, on Wednesday. Donald Trump has done for the US what the 1956 Suez crisis did for Britain -- marked the apogee of a world-encircling empire. Mr Trump backed down. Mr Netanyahu, like Mr Trump, is ruining his own country and destroying its reputation for decades to come. More than any foreign adversary, Mr Trump has accelerated the demise of Pax Americana.

Source: Bangkok Post April 09, 2026 01:46 UTC