Trump Threatens Bombing Oman Amid Iran-Gulf Cooperation Agreement
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Trump’s threat to bomb Oman comes the same day Iran said it reached an agreement with the Gulf States over a plan for ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
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USA TodayWASHINGTON – President Donald Trump threatened military action against Oman, an ally of the United States, if its negotiations with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz interfere with U.S. efforts to reach a peace deal with Tehran.
The HillLive updates: US-Iran deal hits deadline; Trump threatens Oman over potential interference President Trump on Monday morning said he would bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of a conflict between the U.S. and Iran. The nations on either side of the Strait of Hormuz have been negotiating over reopening the waterway. In a call with Fox News on the same day that the two-month memorandum…
Washington TimesMr. 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.
BreitbartAzizi’s warning comes amid an increasingly heated confrontation between Washington and Tehran over the Strait of Hormuz, with Trump declaring Friday that the United States effectively controls the critical waterway and joking that he would soon make it American territory.
New York PostPresident Trump on Monday warned Oman that the US will “bomb the s–t” out of them if they interfere in the simmering conflict with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.
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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.
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Washington Examiner“What we’ve used is peanuts,” Trump said. “We have a lot of mid-level weapons.” “I have no time schedule,” he added, speaking to ongoing negotiations with the Iranian military. “They’re good poker players, but they’re dying.”
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“The number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
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Washington Times“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.
Breitbart“If they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end,” Trump said last year while restoring his “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran. “I’ve left instructions. If they do it, they get obliterated. There won’t be anything left.”
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“The Strait of Hormuz cannot be seized by tweet, nor by aircraft carrier, nor by issuing an order, nor by an election speech,” Gharibabadi wrote on X. “Iran neither fears threats nor cowers before displays of power.”
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Washington Times“The Strait of Hormuz cannot be seized by Tweet, nor by aircraft carrier, nor by issuing an order, nor by an election speech,” Mr. Gharibabadi posted. “Iran neither fears threats nor cowers before displays of power.”
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“This strait will only be closed and opened under Iran’s command,” he posted on X. “As long as you do not accept the reality of defeat and cease your fanciful delusions, Iran will continue to enforce the blockade.”
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Breitbart“The Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian,” he added, vowing that Iran would continue enforcing its blockade.
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01 New York Post The Islamic regime has used the strait, where nearly one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil traverses, for leverage during the conflict – repeatedly causing gas prices to spike as November’s midterm elections approach.
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02 USA Today Trump's latest remarks come as a 60-day window for the U.S. to negotiate with Iran ‒ outlined in a memorandum of understanding in June ‒ expires on Aug. 17. The memorandum was intended to give the two sides two more months to hammer out a peace deal, but the parameters of the preliminary agreement instead quickly fell apart, leaving no end in sight to a war that started in late February.
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03 Washington Examiner Iranian Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmail Baghaei told reporters in Tehran that talks with Oman had gone slowly, but that “an understanding has been reached regarding the map of the transit route.” Both sides are working to finalize details for a joint statement, he said, adding that the two countries “still plan to finalize the understanding in the form of a package: the map plus a joint statement.”
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04 Washington Times 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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05 Breitbart “The U.S. President ought to worry about his own security rather than his endless bluffing regarding the Strait of Hormuz; before he ends up hiding in a food truck,” Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, wrote on X.
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