President Trump unleashed an expletive-laced threat toward Oman Monday, saying he would bomb the Middle East nation if it disrupts negotiations with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.
Mr. Trump threatened the sultanate as it negotiates with Iran, which sits across the Strait of Hormuz, about how to manage the waterway that serves as a key transit point for oil shipments from the Gulf region.
Those side talks could complicate more comprehensive negotiations between the U.S. and Iran on reopening the strait, constraining Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and ending the war.
“If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the s—- out of them,” Mr. Trump told Fox News’ Trey Yingst.
Mr. Trump, working with Israel, launched airstrikes against Iran on Feb. 28 to prevent the Islamic regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Iran retaliated by clamping down on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in nearly six months of violence, negotiations and economic pressure tactics.
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Mr. Trump is squeezing the Iranian economy with a blockade of its ports. He says the pressure will wear down the regime.
“They’re good poker players, but they’re dying,” Mr. Trump said in the interview. “I have no time schedule. I’m not in a hurry.”
Mr. Trump is wrangling with Iran in the middle of the midterm election season.
Democrats say Mr. Trump launched a “war of choice” with Iran, resulting in higher oil and gasoline prices.
The average U.S. price of gas stood at $4.06 per gallon on Monday, a 36% increase from when the war began, according to the AAA motor club.
The average price was $3.14 per gallon at this time of the year in 2025.
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Mr. Trump says the economic pain will be short-lived and worth depriving Iran of a nuclear weapon.
“The number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon,” Mr. Trump posted Monday on Truth Social.
Mr. Trump also said the U.S. remains well-equipped to fight Iran, pushing back on reports that American forces depleted their munitions stocks in the war.
“What we’ve used is peanuts,” Mr. Trump told Fox News. “We have a lot of mid-level weapons.”
Mr. Trump repeated his complaint that then-President Biden gave away many advanced weapons systems to places such as Ukraine.
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