Donald Trump ‘threatened to bomb Oman’ over Hormuz deal with Iran: Report

This came even as Iran said it was close to a deal with Oman on managing shipping through Hormuz, saying they were working on a joint statement for the same.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy the country is close to a deal with Iran to manage ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy the country is close to a deal with Iran to manage ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, two regional officials said Tuesday, a day after Trump levelled the threat.

The officials said the Trump administration has told Oman it is opposed to parts of the yet-to-be-announced deal, including the joint Iranian and Omani management of the exit route out of the passage.

Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he's unhappy with country's deal with Iran, officials say  AP News

The US president threatened to bomb Oman over Hormuz, with US-Iran peace negotiations in a deadlock.

Iran said it reached an agreement with Oman over a plan for ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump threatened to strike Oman if it interferes in a potential deal over control of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump also told the military to cut back joint exercises with South Korea after it stayed out of the Iran war. NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor reports.

Mr Trump’s threat comes as the Iran-US MoU, signed on 17 June, expires.

The talks come as Oman is in the midst of negotiations with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump on Monday threatened to bomb Oman if the country "gets in the way" of efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, is praising the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln after he visited the aircraft carrier on Saturday. The ship has been at sea for mor

Unless the U.S. implements the June ceasefire deal in a few weeks, Iran will launch a "timely and precise" ​attack to break the blockade, an Iranian official told Reuters.

Donald Trump said he would turn to attack Oman if it poses any difficulty in the US reaching a deal with Iran

Outward progress towards peace talks and a resumption of oil tanker traffic through the strait has ground to a halt

Tehran has been locked in ongoing talks with Oman over establishing a secure passage for commercial shipping through the Strait, which usually carries around a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade.

President issues threat to ‘bomb the shit out of them’ after previously threatening Gulf ally in May Donald Trump has again threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of his effort to end the US-Israel war on Iran. The US president delivered the threat of Monday as he struggles to draw the conflict to a conclusion

Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ over Hormuz  The Times

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Donald Trump has sent a chilling warning to a country other than Iran.

President Trump warned Oman the US will “bomb the s–t” out of them if they interfere in the simmering conflict with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.