Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge May 19, 2026
President Trump has on Tuesday while fielding questions from reporters repeated his line that Iran is ‘begging’ for a deal. “They’re begging to make a deal. I hope we don’t have to do the war, but we may have to give them another big hit. We may have to give them another big hit. You’ll know very soon.”
His threat to give them another “big hit” was coupled with the assertion that he was just one hour away from ordering new attacks on Iran Monday, but was asked by Gulf allies to given diplomacy just a little longer:
Trump: “I was an hour away” from striking Iran on Monday.
There was also the below moment where he again talked timeline, saying he’s ready to resume military action in a few ‘days’ if Iran doesn’t comply:
Reporter: How many days does Iran have to come to the table?
Trump: Two or three days. Maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Maybe early next week. A limited period of time. pic.twitter.com/yAAfv2jR20
— Clash Report (@clashreport) May 19, 2026
Iran for its part says it stands ready to “confront aggression” and remains in a high state of military alert.
Also, tensions with nearby Gulf states are still soaring, and amid reports that drones have recently been launched from Iraqi territory – likely the work of Shia paramilitary organizations which are closely allied with Iran.
(Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates’ Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that a drone that caused a fire at its nuclear power plant on Sunday had been launched from Iraq.
Emirati officials have said the UAE has the full right to respond to such “terrorist attacks”. https://t.co/Skv8LEkkRy
— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) May 19, 2026
In a huge and unexpected announcement, amid stalled US-Iran peace talks – which have proven a failure and illusive thus far, NATO now says it could deploy military assets to forcibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Per breaking newswires Tuesday late morning:
NATO TO CONSIDER HORMUZ DEPLOYMENT IF STRAIT NOT OPEN BY JULY
President Trump has continuously chastised the NATO alliance for being largely bankrolled by Washington but at the same time fence-sitting when it comes to forming a coalition to patrol and reopen the vital energy transit waterway. Oil plummeted on the initial headline, seeing in it a positive for the potential that crude transit in the Persian Gulf could again be opened up soon:
And Bloomberg freshly reports:
NATO is discussing the possibility of helping ships pass through the blocked Strait of Hormuz if the waterway isn’t reopened by early July, according to a senior official in the military alliance.
The idea has support from several members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but doesn’t yet have the necessary unanimous support, said a diplomat from a NATO country. Both officials spoke on the condition of anonymity. Leaders from NATO countries will meet in Ankara July 7-8.
But July feels very far away at this point, and anything could happen between now and then, as Washington continues to threaten renewed military action, and Iran says it remains on high alert.
NATO defense chiefs are meeting this week, where also high on the agenda will be the following:
At this week’s summit, military chiefs from all 32 member states will examine the impact that consistent rapid consumption may have on NATO’s collective capabilities and deterrent power as Russia continues to threaten allies.
I wonder how many westerners have ever read the story from the other side. They only see trump masquerading as president and hear his and hegsworth’s postering. The other side doesn’t say the same things at all.
https://www.presstv.ir/
Then there’s the ukraine war. Completely forrgotten by most westerners. Because you aren’t being fed that particular slop any more. It makes me chuckle how you’re “fighting” the same “enemy” in both cases.
https://www.rt.com/
Viva la Caspian Sea.
“NATO is discussing the possibility of helping …” — you mean the faggots of the E-JEW? Ha Ha Ha what a joke.
LOL..
The AI drumpf on the clash report drivel..with his little architectural graphic of the whitehouse ballroom in front of foundations..
this is the place no doubt king don will count the cash he amasses charging for pardons, selling non tradable/redeemable shit coins and all the cash he and the iranians and jooz have pocketed milking the markets and tether coin ..while bouncing the the WAR in the diddle east..
this is where the jooish mafia will get together with all their lackeys..
where king don and his handlers will dine on rust belt maggats lightly roasted with crow in their mouth and a bollinger roue..
lolo
What a mentality. Trump’s like a sadistic ship’s captain of old declaring to his hapless crew that the floggings will continue until morale improves. He just doesn’t get it, does he?
More and more, Zion Don the Con strikes me as the kind of unrepentant evil asshole who has strangled a small child in some sort of satanic initiation rite.
Trump really needs stopping. He’s now issued an arrest warrant for Raul Castro for murder for giving the order to shoot at US invaders approaching Cuba or some such guff. It certainly wasn’t Castro who sank 51 pleasure craft in the Caribbean recently and murdered over 100 people, some of them survivors clinging to the remains of sunken boats. Not even Hitler did these things.
He’s setting up a Maduro-style kidnap operation but this time the Cubans are alert to it. Let’s hope their soldiers take lots of America’s gangsters with them, for the other Cubans who were murdered looking out for Maduro. I hope for one really big major f**k up. God knows the Yanks deserve it.
If the Iranians were really that desperate for a “deal”; I’d say that the non-war would be over by now. Trump is a bluffer.
Been years and years sans incidents yet I am still relegated to the waiting to be allowed list. Am I the only one I wonder..
Why in hell would Trumpkin launch another big hit? He started this genocide on the orders from the evil Khazarians that run Israel, cuz he didn’t want the Epstein list to be published with him screwing little girls.
The idiot should be arrested along with this boss Yahu the Nut and sent to GITMO. Then dissolve the evil Zio state and give it back to the Palestinians.
time is ripe USA gets hits on its own soil !
YES YOU SITTING BULLS OF NATO
GO FIRST !
@ Phil Stewart
this drone from Irak on UAE plant will be
a typical false flag from israeli masters .
EUROPA BE WARNED !
you can get an israeli false flag ANYTIME !
German wings also was a false flag !