Donald Trump IS waiting for something that he wants, that probably is NOT coming…..
His bluffing seems to NOT be working….
(Same for Ukraine and Gaza probably)
President Trump said Friday that he is “not happy” with the pace of progress in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, as tensions continue to ratchet up amid the administration’s deployment of military assets to the Middle East.
In remarks to reporters before leaving the White House for Texas, where the president will deliver remarks on energy, Mr. Trump said he has not yet made a decision on whether to authorize strikes against Iran, but said he is not happy with how the Iranians have been negotiating.
“I’m not happy with the fact that they’re not willing to give us what we have to have,” he said. “I’m not thrilled with that. We’ll see what happens. We’re talking later.”
Mr. Trump said there is “always a risk” of drawn-out war with the Iranians, and reiterated that they cannot get a nuclear weapon.
“It’d be nice if we could do it without [the military], but sometimes you have to do it with,” he said. “We have the greatest military anywhere in the world. There’s nothing close. I’d love not to use it, but sometimes you have to.”….
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ISW…Iran Update, February 27, 2026
- Iranian Nuclear Program: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) cannot verify whether Iran has suspended “all enrichment-related activities,” according to a confidential February 27 IAEA report. The IAEA report comes amid US officials’ concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
- Iranian Protest Activity: Iranians held at least four anti-regime protests at 40-day mourning ceremonies across four provinces on February 27. CTP-ISW did not record any protests at Iranian universities on February 26, which marks the second consecutive day that CTP-ISW has not observed protest activity at universities.
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Trump Official’s dance while they wait for their boss to decide….
Donald Trump’s likely casus belli for an attack on Iran – which would be the largest US intervention since the Iraq war – is fraught with contradictions, and his top advisers have been left to cover for him as the White House makes the case for intervention.
In his State of the Union address this week, Trump alleged that Iran posed a direct threat to the US and that the country was “working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America”. But that claim has not been backed up with evidence by the White House or the Pentagon, and US intelligence reports from just last year say that it would take Iran 10 years to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the US.
A public US defense intelligence agency assessment from 2025 says that Iran could use its space-launch vehicles to “develop a militarily-viable ICBM by 2035 should Tehran decide to pursue the capability”. But that threat to the US homeland, as laid out in the document, pales in comparison to the ones already presented by Russia and China, as well as other hostile states like North Korea.
And a separate annual threat assessment of the US intelligence community released by the office of the director of national intelligence in March did not address any direct military threat from Iran to the US homeland from its ballistic missiles programme at all.
In remarks to the press on Thursday, the US secretary of state and national security adviser, Marco Rubio, sought to square the circle by hedging Trump’s remarks without directly contradicting the president…..
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Op Ed…The Guardian…
Today, Donald Trump is marching the US toward war with Iran, but without making a case for why Washington should attack and whether Iran poses a threat to Americans that would justify the risks of military action. Trump has ordered the largest US military build-up in the Middle East since the Iraq invasion in 2003. To be sure, Trump has broadly described concerns over a supposed nuclear threat. But unlike in the lead-up to the Iraq war, when the Bush administration secured approval from Congress for an attack and spent months promoting its false argument that Iraq was developing WMDs, Trump and his top aides aren’t bothering to make clear why they might bomb Iran or what, exactly, the US hopes to achieve.
Unlike two decades ago, when memories of the September 11 terrorist attacks were still fresh and the US was not yet bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan, most Americans today are opposed to foreign interventions. One poll last month by Quinnipiac University found that 70% of American voters oppose military action in Iran – a complete reversal from US public opinion ahead of the Iraq invasion. Trump also risks alienating segments of his Maga base, since he has portrayed himself for years as a leader who would end the US’s legacy of forever wars.
Over the past month, the Pentagon positioned two aircraft carriers, dozens of fighter jets, bombers and refueling tankers within striking distance of Iran – and it’s now ready to carry out a major military campaign which could extend for weeks. As the Trump administration maneuvered this armada into place, there’s been virtually no public debate in the US about the possibility of an attack on Iran that could unleash a wide, and unpredictable, conflict throughout the Middle East. And while Democrats plan to force a vote on the matter, the Republican-led Congress has so far stayed on the sidelines, without reasserting its authority to wage war or even demanding that the president make a clear case for military intervention.
Trump had a chance to clarify his goals in Iran during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, and much of the world was eager to hear what he wanted to achieve. But Trump spent just three minutes talking about Iran….
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