Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ US ally Oman amid talks over strait of Hormuz
by Lucy Campbell and Guardian staff from US news | The Guardian on (#75XJX)
US president calls on US ally to behave ... or else we'll have to blow them up' in casual aside during cabinet meeting
Donald Trump has threatened to blow up" Oman if it fails to behave" in a casual aside during a cabinet meeting, as the US scrambles to reopen the strait of Hormuz.
The US president made the threat after reports of talks between Iran and Oman about jointly charging a toll for ships passing through the crucial waterway, which has been all but closed since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran.
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