February 11th, 2026: Trump Threatens Iran With Second Carrier & U.S. Boards Another Russian Tanker
The President's Daily Brief
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🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, the 11th of February. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, and your eyes and ears, on the world stage. And it's true, I'm still on the road. |
| 0:22.0 | It's like a real live version of that book, Where's Wally or Where's Waldo, depending on what part of the world you live in? |
| 0:29.7 | All right, let's get briefed. First up, new details are emerging on what Iran is actually offering in nuclear talks with the U.S. |
| 0:38.1 | As President Trump threatens to deploy a second aircraft carrier if negotiations stall. |
| 0:44.0 | Well, it's not so much a matter of stalling, is it? |
| 0:46.5 | Stalling would imply that the negotiations have been making forward progress. |
| 0:51.2 | That doesn't appear to be the case just yet. |
| 0:53.5 | Later in the show, the U.S. continues |
| 0:55.0 | to take aim at Russia's shadow fleet, this time boarding a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian |
| 1:00.3 | ocean after a long pursuit. Plus, China warns Taiwan. It will continue backing so-called |
| 1:06.9 | reunification forces while vowing to crack down on what it also calls separatists. |
| 1:13.0 | And in today's back of the brief, Washington is once again looking at the possibility of, |
| 1:17.6 | you guessed it, a partial government shutdown, as lawmakers remain deadlocked over funding for the |
| 1:23.3 | Department of Homeland Security. But first, today's PDB spotlight. |
| 1:28.2 | We're getting more clarity on what Iran is actually putting on the table in these latest |
| 1:33.3 | nuclear talks, such as they are, and the clearer the picture becomes the less impressive |
| 1:38.6 | the offer looks. |
| 1:40.1 | Well, color me shocked. |
| 1:42.4 | Iranian officials are signaling they may be willing to dilute their |
| 1:45.8 | stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Specifically, Tehran is floating a reduction from about |
| 1:50.8 | 60% enrichment down to roughly 20%. On paper, well, that sounds like movement. But in reality, |
| 1:57.6 | it's a very narrow, reversible step that leaves Iran's core capabilities |
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