Iran is openly mocking Washington as Trump’s own Navy leadership exposes just how badly the blockade strategy is faltering. On his way out, U.S. Navy Secretary John C. Phelan used his final social‑media post to hype the futuristic “Trump‑class” BBG(X) battleships—vessels designed for a distant war, not the crisis raging today in Hormuz. Hours later, his sudden exit was announced, coming after battlefield setbacks, failed attempts to dominate the Strait of Hormuz, and a string of embarrassing Iranian ship seizures that left U.S. allies feeling exposed. While Trump talks up a “Golden Fleet” for the 2030s, Iran is winning the optics war now—forcing U.S. ships to back off, seizing “Israel‑linked” vessels, and laughing at what it calls Trump’s fantasy navy. Critics say the contrast is brutal: a White House selling PowerPoint super‑battleships and regime‑change rhetoric, while on the water Iran’s IRGC shapes reality in the world’s most critical oil chokepoint.
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