{"id":221101,"date":"2026-08-18T18:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-threatens-to-bomb-oman-if-it-gets-in-the-way-of-strait-of-hormuz-talks-with-iran-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:27:16","slug":"trump-threatens-to-bomb-oman-if-it-gets-in-the-way-of-strait-of-hormuz-talks-with-iran-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-threatens-to-bomb-oman-if-it-gets-in-the-way-of-strait-of-hormuz-talks-with-iran-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it \u2018gets in the way\u2019 of Strait of Hormuz talks with Iran – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump threatened Monday to strike Oman if it interferes in a potential deal over control of the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.
\u201cIf Oman gets in the way, we\u2019ll bomb the s— out of them,\u201d Trump said in a phone interview with Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst.
Yingst relayed the quote from Trump on air, which he said came in response to questions about talks between Oman and Iran over the status of the strait. No audio of the interview was provided. The White House didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment about the remarks.
Trump was asked to expand on those comments while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office later in the day. \u201cI don\u2019t think they behaved very well, but we\u2019d handle them very easily, just like we do other things,\u201d Trump said.
Oman, which borders Yemen, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia and is near the Strait of Hormuz, has been negotiating with Iran over the vital shipping route<\/a>. Iran\u2019s semiofficial Mehr News Agency said Saturday that Iran had reached an agreement with Oman on a plan for traffic in the waterway.
Monday marks the end of a 60-day deadline that the U.S. and Iran agreed to in June to end the war and reach an agreement on Iran\u2019s nuclear program.
Shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz nearly ground to a halt over the weekend, with just 13 ships passing through the waterway, including three Sunday, according to maritime traffic tracker MarineTraffic.
In response to Trump\u2019s threat, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said in a statement Monday that when the Senate returns to Washington from its August recess, he plans to introduce a resolution that would bar military action against Oman. <\/strong>The Democratic senator, who has long advocated putting limits on the president\u2019s military powers, said he hopes to \u201cfind some Republican colleagues to join with Democrats and check this blindly stumbling power-drunk President from inflicting more damage on the U.S. and the world.\u201d
Trump floated the idea last week of declaring the strait a U.S. territory. Asked Monday to elaborate on those remarks, the president said, \u201cWe have total control over the strait,\u201d adding that a U.S.-imposed blockade \u201chas been very effective.\u201d
\u201cNow maybe that will stop, or maybe it\u2019ll open up even further,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we\u2019re taking out millions of barrels of oil a week. If you look at the kind of numbers that we\u2019re doing … the strait is open, and the oil prices are coming down, and they will continue to come down unless we decide to do something far more drastic than we\u2019re doing.\u201d
As Trump made the comment, the international benchmark Brent crude oil broke above $90 per barrel and rose 2.7% to its highest level of the day.
Yingst of Fox also spoke Monday to Trump\u2019s son-in-law and special envoy Jared Kushner, who said Trump has been \u201cvery focused on the economic pressure\u201d on Iran.
\u201cHe really feels strongly about the blockade,\u201d Kushner said. \u201cIf you look at the Iranian economy, it\u2019s way worse off. It was bad before the war. It\u2019s way worse off now.\u201d
Kushner added that Iran has \u201cto be willing to make a real deal\u201d and warned against its trying to \u201cplay a trick or to do something to hide certain cards and get certain concessions.\u201d
Rebecca Shabad is a politics reporter for NBC News based in Washington.
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