🚨 BREAKING: Trump just threatened to bomb Oman, a longtime US ally, hours after Iran and Oman struck their own deal on the Strait of Hormuz.
The president didn't mince words in his Fox News interview: "If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the out of them."
The timing is what makes this explosive. Just hours earlier, Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed Tehran and Muscat had reached an understanding on a navigation route map through the strait, negotiated entirely without US involvement.
Trump's response wasn't diplomatic pressure. It was a direct threat against a nation that has spent decades as one of Washington's most trusted interlocutors in the Middle East.
The backdrop is combustible. The 60-day US-Iran memorandum of understanding expired Monday with no deal in sight. Ship traffic through Hormuz has effectively ground to a halt, just three vessels passed through Sunday, down from a five-day average of 12. The strait normally carries roughly a quarter of the world's seaborne oil trade.
Trump added he's in "no hurry" to end the war with Iran, dismissing Iran's military as "good poker players, but they're dying." He also reiterated that Iran must fully give up any path to nuclear weapons.
This lands days after Trump joked, according to a White House official, about declaring the strait US territory outright, a comment Iran's deputy foreign minister fired back on hard.
Now Washington is threatening strikes not just on Iran, but on the ally trying to broker a peaceful path through the strait.
Oil markets are watching every word.
$CL $BZ
#Iran #Oman #Trump #Hormuz #OilPrices
The president didn't mince words in his Fox News interview: "If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the out of them."
The timing is what makes this explosive. Just hours earlier, Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed Tehran and Muscat had reached an understanding on a navigation route map through the strait, negotiated entirely without US involvement.
Trump's response wasn't diplomatic pressure. It was a direct threat against a nation that has spent decades as one of Washington's most trusted interlocutors in the Middle East.
The backdrop is combustible. The 60-day US-Iran memorandum of understanding expired Monday with no deal in sight. Ship traffic through Hormuz has effectively ground to a halt, just three vessels passed through Sunday, down from a five-day average of 12. The strait normally carries roughly a quarter of the world's seaborne oil trade.
Trump added he's in "no hurry" to end the war with Iran, dismissing Iran's military as "good poker players, but they're dying." He also reiterated that Iran must fully give up any path to nuclear weapons.
This lands days after Trump joked, according to a White House official, about declaring the strait US territory outright, a comment Iran's deputy foreign minister fired back on hard.
Now Washington is threatening strikes not just on Iran, but on the ally trying to broker a peaceful path through the strait.
Oil markets are watching every word.
$CL $BZ
#Iran #Oman #Trump #Hormuz #OilPrices