Stephen Colbert Exposes Truth Behind Trump’s Iran War ‘Victory’
April 9, 2026
The Daily Beast
CBSStephen Colbert has poked a major hole in President Trump’s claim that he’s achieved “complete and total victory” against Iran. Trump announced Tuesday evening that he was pulling back on his earlier threat to wipe out Iran’s “whole civilization” if it did not “fully open” the important trade route that is the Strait of Hormuz. Critics have noted, however, that Trump did not receive the total surrender he’d demanded.
Among Iran’s list of conditions to end the war, the country’s leaders reportedly proposed that they take control of the Strait of Hormuz, and impose a 2 million fee on ships passing through it. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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