{"id":51239,"date":"2026-02-19T11:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=51239"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:37:47","slug":"wow-the-nobel-peace-prize-hopeful-hell-decide-in-next-10-days-whether-to-bomb-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=51239","title":{"rendered":"WOW! The Nobel Peace Prize hopeful (and warmongering madman) says he&#8217;ll decide in &#8220;next 10 days&#8221; whether to bomb Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51240\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-at-11.34.53-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-at-11.34.53-AM.png 578w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-at-11.34.53-AM-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/-rowSU2vPaZ3B46mV3LjGpzoIs0=\/0x403:8256x5047\/1920x1080\/2026\/02\/19\/1771516149239.jpeg?w=3840\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/9FFG3jUxFxnpUIVrjE5M_4tnh8A=\/0x403:8256x5047\/640x360\/2026\/02\/19\/1771516149239.jpeg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/images.axios.com\/-rowSU2vPaZ3B46mV3LjGpzoIs0=\/0x403:8256x5047\/1920x1080\/2026\/02\/19\/1771516149239.jpeg?w=750 750w, https:\/\/images.axios.com\/-rowSU2vPaZ3B46mV3LjGpzoIs0=\/0x403:8256x5047\/1920x1080\/2026\/02\/19\/1771516149239.jpeg?w=828 828w, https:\/\/images.axios.com\/-rowSU2vPaZ3B46mV3LjGpzoIs0=\/0x403:8256x5047\/1920x1080\/2026\/02\/19\/1771516149239.jpeg?w=1080 1080w, https:\/\/images.axios.com\/-rowSU2vPaZ3B46mV3LjGpzoIs0=\/0x403:8256x5047\/1920x1080\/2026\/02\/19\/1771516149239.jpeg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.axios.com\/-rowSU2vPaZ3B46mV3LjGpzoIs0=\/0x403:8256x5047\/1920x1080\/2026\/02\/19\/1771516149239.jpeg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/images.axios.com\/-rowSU2vPaZ3B46mV3LjGpzoIs0=\/0x403:8256x5047\/1920x1080\/2026\/02\/19\/1771516149239.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/images.axios.com\/-rowSU2vPaZ3B46mV3LjGpzoIs0=\/0x403:8256x5047\/1920x1080\/2026\/02\/19\/1771516149239.jpeg?w=3840 3840w\" alt=\"Man sits at table with his name on it\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-cy=\"StoryImage\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/>Trump during the Board of Peace meeting. Photo: Saul Loeb\/AFP via Getty<\/h5>\n<p>President Trump gave a 10-day timeline on Thursday for\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/18\/iran-war-trump-military-strikes-nuclear-talks\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"deciding whether\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/18\/iran-war-trump-military-strikes-nuclear-talks\" data-vars-content-id=\"93670da9-69fa-41f7-bb4a-bc662968f064\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump says he'll decide in &quot;next 10 days&quot; whether to bomb Iran\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">deciding whether<\/a>\u00a0to continue diplomacy with Iran or order a military strike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong>\u00a0U.S. and Israeli officials tell Axios a military operation against Iran would likely be a massive, weeks-long campaign \u2014 and could begin within days.<\/p>\n<div id=\"piano-recaptcha\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-wall\">\n<div id=\"piano-container\" class=\"gtmView\" data-cy=\"piano-wall-modal\" data-vars-location=\"banner\" data-vars-sub-category=\"piano\" data-vars-experiment=\"subwall\" data-vars-experiment-variant=\"unknown_variant\" data-vars-product=\"core\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-sub-product=\"national\" data-vars-latitude=\"30.44\" data-vars-longitude=\"-84.28\" data-vars-postal-code=\"32302\" data-vars-event-name=\"cta_view\" data-gtm-vis-polling-id48430672_506=\"3753\" data-gtm-vis-polling-id48430672_468=\"3754\" data-gtm-vis-polling-id48430672_501=\"3755\" data-gtm-vis-polling-id48430672_531=\"3756\" data-gtm-vis-polling-id48430672_37=\"3757\" data-gtm-vis-polling-id48430672_505=\"3758\" data-gtm-vis-polling-id48430672_493=\"3759\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>What he&#8217;s saying:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;Now we may have to take it a step further or we may not. Maybe we are going to make a deal [with Iran]. You are going to be finding out over the next probably 10 days,&#8221; Trump\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=trump%2010%20days&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-link-text=\"said\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=trump%2010%20days&amp;src=typed_query\" data-vars-content-id=\"93670da9-69fa-41f7-bb4a-bc662968f064\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump says he'll decide in &quot;next 10 days&quot; whether to bomb Iran\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">said<\/a>\u00a0during the Gaza Board of Peace meeting in Washington on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State of play:<\/strong>\u00a0Trump\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/18\/trump-iran-meeting-military-strike\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"convened\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/18\/trump-iran-meeting-military-strike\" data-vars-content-id=\"93670da9-69fa-41f7-bb4a-bc662968f064\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump says he'll decide in &quot;next 10 days&quot; whether to bomb Iran\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">convened<\/a>\u00a0his top advisers on Wednesday for a meeting on the crisis with\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/world\/iran\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"Iran\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/world\/iran\" data-vars-content-id=\"93670da9-69fa-41f7-bb4a-bc662968f064\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump says he'll decide in &quot;next 10 days&quot; whether to bomb Iran\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump was briefed on the nuclear talks held earlier this week in Geneva and the group discussed next steps.<\/li>\n<li>Trump said on Thursday that the talks went well but Iran has to make &#8220;a meaningful deal, otherwise bad things will happen.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What to watch:<\/strong>\u00a0One U.S. official said the Iranians need to come back to the Trump administration by the end of the month with a package of steps to address the concerns the U.S. presented in Geneva regarding their nuclear program.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. officials say the arrival of the USS Ford aircraft carrier and its strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean in the coming days will be a key factor in the timing of a possible military campaign against Iran.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/19\/trump-iran-strike-10-day-deal\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/19\/trump-iran-strike-10-day-deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}