Donald Trump said on Monday that Caine believed any eventual military action ordered against Iran would be 'something easily won'. But that is not what Caine has told Trump and other senior advisers in recent high-level White House meetings on Iran, people briefed on internal administration deliberations said. Targets under consideration include the headquarters of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, the country’s nuclear sites and assets of its ballistic missile programme. “Razin Caine is a Great Fighter, and represents the Most Powerful Military anywhere in the World,” Trump said, using Caine’s nickname. “I would rather have a Deal than not but, if we don’t make a Deal, it will be a very bad day for that Country.”This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

Source: The Irish Times February 24, 2026 13:35 UTC