US Military Build Up Continues As President Trump Considers Limited Strikes on Iran + Iran to UN: All Hostile Force Bases in Region Are Legitimate Targets + President Trump Hosts Board of Peace Inaugural Meeting in Washington D.C.

I - On Defense Podcast · Feb 20, 2026 · 26m

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1. Iran on Thursday repeated its assertion that no country can “deprive” it of its “right” to nuclear enrichment, as US President Donald Trump continued to send US military assets into the Middle East in what a report called the biggest build-up of American air power in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

2. WSJ Report: US President Donald Trump is considering launching preliminary limited strikes on Iran with the aim of forcing the Islamic Republic to agree to his demands for a nuclear deal.

3. US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday that it must reach a deal…