Donald Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of ending Iran war
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 , as the two-month window to negotiate peace with Iran expired on Monday with no end to the conflict in sight. The latest threats against Oman , which is not a party to the war, have illustrated how Trump’s unpredictable and often outrageous approach to diplomacy has upset US partners and failed to achieve the breakthrough that he has promised to end the war. “If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them,” Trump told Fox News on Monday, the second time he has directed such a threat at Muscat, a longtime US strategic partner that has traditionally served as a key backchannel between Washington and Tehran. The various conflicts in the Middle East continued on Monday, with Yemen’s Houthis claiming to have targeted military ships from Saudi Arabia – a US ally – in a missile and drone strike in the Red Sea.
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In the same interview, Trump said Iran should “put up the white flag of surrender”, but signalled he was not about to impose a fresh deadline on Tehran. “I have no time schedule. That two-month window for a negotiated settlement closed on Monday without a breakthrough.
