{"id":573099,"date":"2026-08-18T21:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/573099\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T21:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:28:10","slug":"why-trump-threatened-to-bomb-the-s-out-of-oman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/573099\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump threatened to ‘bomb the s***’ out of Oman"},"content":{"rendered":"

US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy the country is close to a deal<\/a> with Iran to manage ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, two regional officials said, a day after Trump leveled the threat.<\/p>\n

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 that\u2019s critical to global supplies of oil and natural gas. <\/p>\n

The officials were briefed on the US position and how the administration views Oman’s position.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a projectile hit a ship as it sailed out of the strait, according to the British military’s maritime monitoring agency, and an Iranian official said the waterway would not reopen until the United States meets Iran\u2019s conditions. The defense ministry of the United Arab Emirates said two ballistic missiles were launched from Iran toward the UAE.<\/p>\n

US believes Oman has not been tough enough with Iran<\/p>\n

The US believes Oman has not been tough enough in its negotiations with Iran and is unhappy with Oman\u2019s agreement to collect voluntary fees from vessels, even if the charges are related to security and maritime environmental protection, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to journalists.<\/p>\n

Trump yesterday threatened to bomb Oman<\/a> as it works with Iran on a deal to open the strait and pave the way for the US and Iran to resume negotiations to end the war.<\/p>\n

He posted a map on social media Tuesday depicting the strait as a US territory. The president first mentioned the idea in an offhand comment last week. Yesterday, he told reporters in the Oval Office, \u201cI like the idea of declaring it a territory,\u201d without providing details.<\/p>\n

The White House today referred to Trump\u2019s remarks in the Oval Office and declined to comment further about Oman.<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n

Iran refers to Trump’s \u2018delusion\u2019 about the strait<\/p>\n

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi appeared to respond to Trump\u2019s post on social media depicting the strait as American territory.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust as Trump correctly wrote the name of the eternal Persian Gulf, his delusion regarding the Strait of Hormuz will soon either be corrected, or we will correct this deluded man\u2019s delusions for him,\u201d Gharibabadi wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Trump’s comment was not the first time he has threatened Oman. In May, he told reporters during a Cabinet meeting that Oman \u201cwill behave just like everybody else, or we will have to blow them up”.<\/p>\n

Iran reiterated that Tehran plans to maintain its grip on shipping traffic until Washington meets its conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil the United States fulfills its commitments under the agreement, including lifting the blockade, releasing frozen assets, lifting oil sanctions, ending threats and military operations on all fronts, and implementing the other conditions to which it committed, the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen,\u201d said Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran\u2019s parliamentary speaker and negotiator in previous talks with the US.<\/p>\n

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that the Iranian-Omani deal could pave the way for Washington and Tehran to return to negotiations for a \u201ccomprehensive and permanent deal that addresses all concerns and enhances regional security and stability”.<\/p>\n

The statement came after a meeting between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Omani counterpart Badr al-Busaidi. But it did not address Trump\u2019s latest threat against Oman.<\/p>\n

President insists strait is open as more attacks are reported<\/p>\n

Trump said the US has no planned talks with Iran but insisted the strait is \u201copen and operating,\u201d despite limited traffic, the reported boat strike and the end on Monday of the 60-day negotiating period between the countries.<\/p>\n

Trump wrote on social media that a US blockade of the strait remains \u201cin full force and effect,\u201d adding that all water mines have been removed.<\/p>\n

As the talks between Iran and Oman continue, more attacks were reported in the region.<\/p>\n

One of the missiles fired at the UAE landed outside of the country\u2019s waters, and the other landed within them, the Emirati Defense Ministry said. It was unclear whether the missiles were shot down by air defenses or fell. No damages or injuries were reported. There was no immediate statement from Iran.<\/p>\n

In the weeks after the US and Israel launched a war against Iran on Feb. 28, the UAE was frequently targeted by Iranian missile and drones, but today’s reported attack was the first in weeks.<\/p>\n

An unidentified projectile hit a ship in the strait off the coast of Oman, damaging the engine room and causing a casualty, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations center.<\/p>\n

The monitoring agency did not release any details about the ship or its cargo, and it was unclear whether the crew member was killed or wounded. The agency said the Omani Coast Guard was assisting other crew members and that authorities were investigating.<\/p>\n

And Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed they fired drones at an oil refinery in neighboring Saudi Arabia, the latest attack that threatened to reignite Yemen\u2019s civil war and open another front in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

The attack targeted a facility run by Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia\u2019s state-owned oil company, according to a report by the Houthi-run SABA news agency. There were no immediate reports of damage or comment from Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy the country is close to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[65,42,5107,43,64,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-573099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-donald-trump","tag-headlines","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-north-america","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}