February 10, 2026
Superbowl Fallout, Panicans, Bangladesh Agreement, America 250 French And Indian War Ends, And Patriot George Washington
By S.E. Gunn, PhD - All News Pipeline
On February 8, 2026, the White House released the Presidential Message on Super Bowl LX in which the President sends his best wishes to both teams (England Patriots & Seattle Seahawks). Football reflects the values of grit, tenacity, and discipline that defines American workers. President Trump will be remembering the patriots who secured our independence 250 years ago when the National Anthem is played at the beginning of the Superbowl game. He will take that time to honor the courage, sacrifice, and unwavering belief in the cause of liberty that we see in our Armed Forces today. Their service makes it possible for us to relax and view the championship game of the football season. President Trump writes:
Melania and I congratulate both teams on earning their place in Super Bowl LX, and we wish them luck as they compete for the National Football League’s iconic Vince Lombardi Trophy. May tonight’s game reflect the best of football and the enduring triumph of the American spirit—and may the best team win!
Of course, the NFL knew it would create much controversy by having a gender-confused, vulgar, rabid rodent speaking (singing?) in a foreign language as a halftime show on American soil for a quintessentially American sport. And it has created that controversy, with many fans declaring "I'll Never Watch [NFL] Again." Meanwhile, the view total for the alternative TPUSA Halftime Show is still climbing.
From comments by Benny Johnson to WLT's Noah writing an article containing the vulgar "lyrics" to the songs of this rabid rodent which I will not repeat in this forum [however, Noah's article is well worth the read, vulgarity aside!]; the coverage is generally negative from the right.
The left, on the other hand, called the performance career-defining, a thrilling ode to Boricua joy, a wild, inclusive fiesta, nothing bad to say, and revolutionary.
You can watch the Superbowl halftime show here and decide for yourself. Turning Point USA's alternative to the Superbowl's halftime show that is still available for free viewing online here.
Oh, and for anyone still wondering about the outcome of the actual championship game, the Seattle Seahawks won beating the New England Patriots 29-13.
On February 9, 2026, the White House published the article Don’t Be a Panican. We’re Winning — and We’re Not Slowing Down identifying just a few things that give cause for celebration as President Trump continues his plan to undo the destruction caused by the autopen administration:
- Stock Market Explodes and Retirement Accounts Soar
- ICE Arrests Criminal Illegal Aliens
- No more transgender surgeries for minors
- Federal Court upholds detaining of illegal aliens
- Prices for everyday items/needs continue to reduce
- Southern Border remains sealed with months of zero illegal border crossings
- Check out the list of 365 days of accomplishments here (and discussed in my January 25, 2026 ANP Article)
I don't know about you; but, I've noticed that as more illegal aliens are deported, costs are dropping for US Citizens. In addition, as government 'subsistence' is reduced (such as reducing the items SNAP recipients can buy to remove 'junk' foods), prices are going down for working US Citizens.
On February 9, 2026, the White House released the Joint Statement on United States – Bangladesh Agreement on Reciprocal Trade in which the key terms are identified as:
- Bangladesh commits to provide significant preferential market access for U.S. industrial and agricultural goods, including: chemicals; medical devices; machinery and motor vehicles and parts; information and communicational technology (ICT) equipment; energy products; soy products; dairy products; beef; poultry; and tree nuts and fruit.
- The United States will reduce the reciprocal tariff rate, as initially set forth in Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025, (discussed in my July 23, 2025 ANP Article) to 19 percent on originating goods of Bangladesh, and will identify products from the list set out in Annex III (Potential Tariff Adjustments for Aligned Partners) to Executive Order 14346 of September 5, 2025 (Modifying the Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and Establishing Procedures for Implementing Trade and Security Agreements) to receive a zero percent reciprocal tariff rate.
- The United States commits to establish a mechanism that will allow for certain textile and apparel goods from Bangladesh to receive a zero reciprocal tariff rate. This mechanism will provide that a to-be-specified volume of apparel and textile imports from Bangladesh can enter the United States at this reduced tariff rate, but this volume shall be determined in relation to the quantity of exports of textiles, e.g. U.S. produced cotton and man-made fiber textile inputs, from the United States.
- The United States and Bangladesh commit to address Bangladesh’s non-tariff barriers that affect bilateral trade and investment in priority areas, including by Bangladesh: accepting vehicles built to U.S. Federal motor vehicle safety and emissions standards; accepting U.S. Food and Drug Administration certificates and prior marketing authorizations for medical devices and pharmaceuticals; and removing any import restrictions or licensing requirement on U.S. remanufactured goods or their parts.
- Bangladesh commits to permit the free transfer of data across trusted borders; support the adoption of a permanent moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions at the World Trade Organization; follow science and risk-based processes to allow the import of safe U.S. food and agricultural goods; remove barriers in the insurance market; digitalize its customs procedures; and adopt and implement good regulatory practices.
- Bangladesh commits to protect internationally recognized labor rights, including: adopting and implementing a prohibition on the importation of goods produced by forced or compulsory labor; amending its labor laws to ensure that workers’ rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining are fully protected; and strengthening enforcement of its labor laws.
- Bangladesh commits to adopt and maintain high levels of environmental protection and effectively enforce its environmental laws; improve customs and trade facilitation; and address distortions caused by subsidies and state-owned enterprises.
- Bangladesh commits to a robust standard for intellectual property protection and enforcement, including ratifying or acceding to and fully implementing certain international intellectual property treaties. Bangladesh commits to groundbreaking provisions on geographical indications that will preserve U.S. market access, particularly for U.S. cheese and meat producers who rely on the use of common names.
- The United States and Bangladesh are committed to strengthening economic and national security alignment to enhance supply chain resilience and innovation through complementary actions to address unfair trade practices worldwide, as well as by combatting duty evasion, cooperating on export controls, and sharing information on inbound investment in our respective territories.
- Bangladesh commits to strengthen and enforce comprehensive anti-corruption laws.
- The United States shall work through its U.S. institutions such as the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank) and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), if eligible, to consider supporting investment financing in critical sectors in Bangladesh in collaboration with U.S. private sector partners, consistent with applicable law.
- Finally, the United States and Bangladesh take note of recent and forthcoming commercial deals in the areas of agriculture, energy, and technology:
- Procurement of aircraft.
- Purchases of approximately $3.5 billion of U.S. agriculture products, including wheat, soy, cotton, and corn.
- Purchases of energy products, with an estimated value of $15 billion over 15 years.
- The United States and Bangladesh, consistent with their respective internal procedures, will promptly finalize the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, and undertake domestic formalities in advance of the Agreement entering into force.
The accompanying Fact Sheet The United States and India Announce Historic Trade Deal explains that this agreement will open India's population of over 1.4 Billion people to US goods making trade more reciprocal between our two countries. It is anticipated that this agreement will be prosperous for both countries while liberating the US from unfair trade practices.
On February 10, 1763, the French and Indian War portion of the global Seven Years' War ended when the Treaty of Paris was signed (discussed in my February 7, 2026 ANP Article). In America, this war was known as the French and Indian War.
In 1753, George Washington was selected to be the British emissary to the French frontier establishment, setting him upon the road that would lead to his becoming General of the Continental Army and later first President of the newly formed United States. George is credited in firing the first shot in the war.
The war was precipitated by France's expansion into the Ohio River valley in the early 1750s creating armed conflict with the British Colonies which escalated by 1754 beginning the Seven Year's War (as it is known in Canada). Native Americans were more amiable to the French moving in because the French brought their wives and families and single French men were marrying Native American women. The British, on the other hand, were set on driving the Native Americans out of the region, bring much strife.
Britain officially declared war against France in 1756. The French, using their network of Native American alliances, dealt the British a series of defeats that first year of the war. By 1757, British Prime Minister William Pitt the Older borrowed heavily to expand the war effort. He supported Prussia against France and reimbursed the colonies for raising armies in North America.
By 1760, the French were out of Canada entirely. By 1762, the fighting in Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines was wearing on the opposing sides. Combatants from Britain, Prussia, and Hanover fighting against combatants from France, Spain, Austria, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia were ready to end the war.
By 1763, France's allies were either defeated or they made separate peace with Prussia. Attempts by Spain to assist the French failed and French forces were defeated by the British in India. The treaties of Hubertusburg and Paris were signed on February 6, 1763, and France gave up all claim to Canada, gave Louisiana to Spain, Florida went from Spain to Britain as well as French claims to Upper Canada and some French holdings overseas. At this time, half the American continent had changed hands at the scratch of a pen.
This loss led to the French's involvement with the colonies against Britain in the American Revolution 15 years later when Britain, among other actions, attempted to tax the colonies to pay for that war.
Today's Patriot is George Washington born February 22, 1732 at Popes Creek in Westmoreland county, Virginia. He was first of 6 children in his father's 2nd family.
George's father died in 1743 and he inherited the Ferry Farm. Because of this, he attended Lower Church School in Hartfield learning math and land surveying. He was a talented draftsman and mapmaker. In 1749, he received a surveyor's license from the College of William & Mary. George was morally opposed to drinking in excess, smoking tobacco, gambling, and profanity. He was known for his height (between 6' and 6'3.5"), strength, grey-blue eyes, and long reddish-brown hair. He did not wear a powdered wig. He suffered from tooth decay, losing all but 1 of his teeth. He went through several sets of false teeth in his adulthood (made from metal, ivory, bone, animal teeth, and possibly human teeth).
George was appointed surveyor of Culpeper Country, Virginia, taking the oath of office on July 20, 1749. However, he resigned this office in 1750.
In 1751, George left the colonies for the first and last time sailing to Barbados with his 1/2 brother Lawrence. While there, he contracted smallpox. Lawrence died 2 years later. When Lawrence's widow, Ann, died in 1761, George inherited the Mount Vernon property.
George sought a militia commission in 1752 and Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, appointed him major and commander of a militia district.
In October 1753, Dinwiddie appointed George special envoy to the French (see French and Indian War above). His task was to demand French forces vacate British claimed lands. He was also tasked with making peace with the Iroquois Confederacy while gathering intelligence about the French forces stationed in the Ohio Valley. George and his party reached the Ohio River in November 1753 and were intercepted by a French patrol. He delivered the demand to French Commander Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre. A couple days later, Jacques informed him the French refused to leave the valley. Jacques provided food and winter clothing to George and his party for their return trip to Virginia.
By 1754, Dinwiddie promoted George to Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd in command of the Virginia Regiment with orders to confront the French at the Forks of the Ohio River Valley with 1/2 the Regiment. George ambushed the French as they were building Fort Duquesne retreating to Fort Necessity after the slaughter. George found out he was promoted to Colonel and given command of the full regiment one month later. By July 3, 1754, the French attacked Fort Necessity with the battle ending in George's surrender. He resigned his commission after this surrender because the British ordered him demoted to Captain as they decided "colonials" could not hold a rank higher than Captain.
In 1755, George volunteered for an expedition to roust the French from the Ohio Valley in general and Fort Duquesne in particular during which time George experienced a bout of dysentery. However, his suggestion to split the army failed miserably. Still ill, George managed to rally the survivors allowing the remainder of their forces to retreat. While this action redeemed his reputation, he was excluded from future planning. Later that year, Dinwiddie re-established the Virginia Regiment and again appointed George to be it's commander with a rank of Colonel. George pushed for the next 3 years seeking a higher commission as well as ability to retake Fort Duquesne.
In 1758, General John Forbes made George a brevet brigadier general and assigned him a brigade with which to attack the fort as part of the overall regiment's assault. George resigned soon after the assault on the Fort because the French had already abandoned it. George defended 300 miles of frontier repelling 20 Indian attacks over 10 months. The Regiment grew from 300 to 1,000 men. He gained self-confidence, leadership skills, and most importantly, knowledge of British military tactics which would come in handy in the American Revolutionary War.
On January 6, 1759, George married widow Martha Dandridge Custis. The couple had no children; however, Martha had 2 children from her previous marriage. It is thought that George's bout of smallpox rendered him sterile and Martha's "sustained injury" during the birth of her last child made additional births impossible.
George was opposed to the taxes the British imposed without providing representation to the government for those taxed. George thought the Stamp Act was oppressive. He urged Virginians to boycott British goods because of the Townshend Acts (which were mostly repealed by 1770). He was angered by the Royal Proclamation of 1763 (banning American settlement in the Allegheny Mountains) as well as the British interference in American western land speculation (in which George was a participant). George saw the passing of the Coercive Acts in 1774 (after the Boston Tea Party) as an invasion of rights and privileges. By August 1774, George attended the First Continental Congress and a delegate from Virginia. He also helped train militias in Virginia.
When the American Revolutionary War started April 19, 1775, George joined the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. John Adams nominated him as commander-in-chief of the newly formed Continental Army due to his military experience. On June 16, 1775, George gave an acceptance speech for the position but declined a salary. Congress chose Artemas Ward, Horatio Gates, Charles Lee, Philip Schuyler, and Nathanael Green as George's primary staff officers. He later promoted Alexander Hamilton to Colonel and made Alexander his aide-de-camp. There were many battles between 1775 and 1783 when the war officially ended with the Colonies becoming their own Independent Country.
Before leaving to return home, George called for a "strong union" pushing to move beyond the Articles of Confederation to a Constitution. George then returned to Mount Vernon and was subjected to a constant stream of visitors who were there to pay their respects to the General. His estate suffered while he was with the army, so he cultivated fast-growing trees to sell and began breeding mules with the gift of a stud mule from King Charles III of Spain in 1785.
Shay's Rebellion in August 1786 convinced George that a Constitution was necessary. Congress agreed and a Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia in 1787. George was nominated by Benjamin Franklin to preside over the meeting. Multiple versions of a constitution were presented, the Connecticut compromise was adopted signed by 39 of the 55 delegates on September 17, 1787.
In 1788, George was appointed Chancellor of the College of William & Mary. He maintained this position until his death in 1799.
State electors voted on February 4, 1789, unanimously to elect George as the first US President. John Adams was elected Vice President. George left Mount Vernon for New York City April 16, 1789 to fulfill his role as President of the newly formed United States. He took the oath of office standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City on April 30, 1789. He served 2 terms as President, defining the role for those who came after him, writing:
I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which [my unintentioned errors] may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence, and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
The complete text of George's farewell address is available as a PDF free online here. In 1790, George suffered from pneumonia from which it is said he never fully recovered.
A collection of George's writings can be found in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress with nearly 77,000 items covering 1745 to 1799. These writings include correspondence, diaries, financial, and military records in addition to other documents establishing the totality of his career.
In 1791, Washington, DC was named in his honor. After retirement, George leaned even more towards being a Federalist. He supported the Alien and Sedition Acts, convinced John Marshall to run for Congress, and wrote to Secretary of War James McHenry offering to organize President Adam's army after French privateers began seizing American ships in 1798. George served as commanding general of these armies from July 13, 1798 until his death, although he did not assume a field command.
In March 1797, George retired to Mount Vernon to tend to him minimally profitable plantation. He branched into whiskey production to supplement his plantation income as nearly all his wealth was tied up in land rather than cash. By 1799, George owned more than 58,000 acres in Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, and the Northwest territory.
On December 12, 1799, George was out in the rain for 5 hours inspecting his farms. He returned home and sat for dinner without changing into dry clothing. He awoke the next morning with an inflamed throat and difficulty breathing. Doctors James Craik, Gustavus Richard Brown, and Elisha C Dick were summoned. They removed nearly 6 pints of blood as George's condition continued to worsen. George feared being buried alive and instructed his private secretary Tobias Lear to wait 3 days before his burial. With Martha seated at the food of his bed, George died between 10 and 11pm on December 14, 1799, he was 67. On December 18, 1799, a funeral restricted to family and friends was held at Mount Vernon. Memorial processions were held in major cities of the US. Martha burned her correspondence with George to preserve their privacy (although 5 letters are known to have survived). George was interred in the Washington family vault at Mount Vernon on December 18, 1799. On October 7, 1837, George's remains were placed in a marble sarcophagus that is still at Mount Vernon.
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