Thursday, February 19, 2026

Trump's Deadline to Iran - 10 Days and Counting Down - Update

Daily Mail: Reports " Donald Trump warned the US could bomb Iran if a deal isn't reached in the next 10 days "

Let's Get Real:

This is a way out for TRUMP, his deadlines change many times are women change their clothes - A lot.  Trump is a wimp, but he is costing the American Tax Payer a fortune, he has two aircraft carriers in the Middle East by the Weekend, and other US Ships and Subs who can launch cruise missiles.  It would be interesting to see the COST of this vast deployment, all that Trump can look tough.  CNN has stated that Trump has added 5 days to is deadline.  It has become a truism that Trump Always Chickens OUT, the tax payer has to pick up the bill.   If POTUS does not act, he will be seen as WEAK, on the reverse side that non action will go down well with his base.  The MAGA base are tired of long WARS, they see AFGHANISTAN and IRAQ as a failure, and are tired of the US being the World's policeman, and Trump the showman has not stated why the US has to go WAR, he stated in the past that the US had destroyed Iran's nuclear capacity, was that true or false, if FALSE, the Oval should explain WHY, if he wimps out, no one will be afraid of Trump on the World Stage. What an irony!.

Could Trump strike Iran on the Weekend? - Update

CNN: Reports  US could strike Iran this weekend.

Let's Get Real:

This blog has predicted that POTUS will not strike, he will want to give Iran time to make a deal.  Any deal will be weak, a light version of Obama's deal with Iran, Tehran must know that if they give the impression of submission the Trump Oval will back off.  Trump wants good headlines, and if need be a short war, and then declare victory, Trump is a WIMP, he will not want a long war before the elections in November, thus no strike on Iran.

Update: CNN Reports on the Trump dilemma " He can either enforce his red line — however belatedly — or do something quite politically fraught. " The American people do not want WARS, on that CNN is right, Trump was elected to be a domestic President not the Policeman of the World.   Of course the problem is that he would be following President Obama when it comes to red lines, the infamous red line that Obama set in Syria, when the Assad Regime used chemical weapons on his own people, and President Obama did not ACT, he lost Presidential credibility after that, so what will Trump do, he is a wimp, he will take a 2nd rate deal on Iran's nukes, there are elections in November, he needs to keep the House, if he loses the Congress there will be endless investigations and impeachment and then 2028 cycle will start and Trump will be a lame duck President, and there is nothing he can do about it.

Andrew Mountbatten - Windsor Arrested - Update

BBC News: Reports in its 10.16an post  that Andew Mounbatten Windsor has been arrested  of " suspicion of misconduct in public office  "

Let's Get Real:

What does one say, no one is above the law, what ever happens Andrew has bought disgrace on himself, the Royal Family and the Country.  The King still has cancer, this will be hard for the King, his own brother! The wheels of Justice must be followed through to the end. GOD SAVE THE KING.

Update: BBC News reports in its 7.37pm post that Andrew Mountbatten - Windsor has been released from custody, while under investigation.