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   PEACE PRESIDENT?   
   Insiders Reveal 'Fed Up' Trump Dangerously Close to Unleashing Major War   
   The 79-year-old has been threatening action in the Middle East for   
   several weeks.   
   By Ewan Palmer   
   The Daily Beast   
   Published Feb. 18 2026 9:12AM EST   
      
   Donald Trump is on the verge of starting a war with Iran that could   
   kick off with an attack against the Middle Eastern country any day now,   
   according to a report.   
      
   Sources told Axios the erratic 79-year-old president is growing weary   
   of the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran and could follow through with   
   his threats to launch a wide-scale military operation.   
      
   Trump, who is desperate to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, had   
   previously threatened to attack Iran amid a government-led crackdown in   
   which thousands of protesters were killed during pro-democracy   
   demonstrations. While these protests have largely dwindled, the   
   president is allegedly still growing frustrated at the stalled   
   negotiations to persuade Tehran to curb its nuclear program.   
      
   "The boss is getting fed up. Some people around him warn him against   
   going to war with Iran, but I think there is 90 percent chance we see   
   kinetic action in the next few weeks," one Trump adviser told Axios.   
      
   Israel would likely assist the U.S. in any war with Iran, similar to   
   when Trump conducted airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities toward the   
   end of the Israeli-led 12-day war in June 2025.   
      
   Any U.S.-led war in Iran could completely destabilize the entire   
   region. The optics of the U.S. entering a potentially unpopular war in   
   the Middle East could also be disastrous for the GOP in November's   
   midterm elections, where Republicans are already expected to suffer an   
   electoral wipeout.   
      
   Sources said an attack on Iran would likely be much broader in scope   
   and length than the strikes conducted against Venezuela, when the   
   administration sought to quickly capture Nicolas Maduro to face   
   "narcoterrorism" charges in New York.   
      
   Trump has been deploying warships, such as the USS Abraham Lincoln, the   
   world's largest aircraft carrier, to the Middle East as a show of force   
   as the president maintains his pressure campaign on Iran.   
      
   Hundreds of fighter jets, including dozens of F-35s, F-22s, and F-16s,   
   are also headed to the region as part of the armada, reported Axios,   
   raising more fears that Trump may follow through on his threats of an   
   all-out war with Iran.   
      
   Last week, Trump made clear he was prepared to escalate the pressure on   
   Iran over its nuclear program. "Either we will make a deal or we will   
   have to do something very tough like last time," Trump told Axios.   
      
   On Tuesday, Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, a former real estate   
   mogul with no prior diplomatic experience, and son-in-law Jared   
   Kushner, who is married to the president's daughter Ivanka, led the   
   U.S. delegation for negotiations on Iran's nuclear deal in Geneva.   
      
   While both sides said the talks were positive, there is no real   
   evidence that a deal is nearer.   
      
   Vice President JD Vance told Fox News that the negotiations "went   
   well," but also added: "In other ways, it was very clear that the   
   president has set some red lines that the Iranians are not yet willing   
   to actually acknowledge and work through. So we're going to keep on   
   working it.   
      
   A U.S. official echoed these remarks, telling NBC News that "progress   
   was made, but there are still a lot of details to discuss."   
      
   The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.   
      
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