Trump Threatens to 'Bomb the Sh*t Out of Oman' If They Get in the Way

U.S. President Donald Trump issued Monday an explicit military threat against Oman, warning that Washington will launch air strikes on the Gulf state if it obstructs American objectives in its conflict with Iran.

The warning directly targeted separate diplomatic efforts underway between Muscat and Tehran to restore commercial navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

"If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the sh*t out of them," Trump stated during a telephone interview with Fox News.

Trump: Midterms Have No Influence

Muscat’s bilateral negotiations with Tehran seek to reopen a maritime chokepoint that handled 20 percent of global crude and liquefied natural gas supplies before joint U.S.-Israeli strikes hit Iran in late February.

The ensuing shipping disruption across the corridor has pushed fuel prices sharply higher worldwide, intensifying domestic political scrutiny on the White House ahead of the November midterm elections.

Trump rejected suggestions that political pressure is dictating his battlefield calculations.

"Midterms have nothing to do with my thinking," he said.

Stalled Negotiations

Alongside threats toward Oman, Trump maintained an uncompromising posture toward Tehran, asserting that Iranian leadership must capitulate to halt hostilities.

"They should put up the white flag of surrender," Trump said, as bilateral negotiations between Washington and Tehran ground to a halt.

The verbal escalation coincides with the expiration of a 60-day deadline set under a June memorandum of understanding, which had initially mandated an immediate cessation of hostilities across all fronts.

Collapse of the June Framework

The preliminary diplomatic framework dissolved rapidly in July when Trump declared the arrangement void, followed a week later by Tehran's formal suspension of the agreement.

The unraveled pact was intended to serve as a bridge toward comprehensive negotiations addressing wider security issues, including Iran's atomic program.

Reiterating Washington's core casus belli earlier on Monday via Truth Social, Trump wrote: "The number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon."