{"id":3728,"date":"2026-05-27T21:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/27\/trump-threatens-to-blow-up-oman-amid-talks-over-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T21:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:41:11","slug":"trump-threatens-to-blow-up-oman-amid-talks-over-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=3728","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens to \u2018blow up\u2019 Oman amid talks over strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"4b5eef74-0423-4e20-ad00-2022249f3782\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a man in a suit speaks\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d5e8630d7caa4774d706df1016cb69b1258c1dee\/300_0_3000_2401\/master\/3000.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.15500000000003\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday.<\/span> Photograph: Samuel Corum\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"4b5eef74-0423-4e20-ad00-2022249f3782\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday.<\/span> Photograph: Samuel Corum\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Trump threatens to \u2018blow up\u2019 Oman amid talks over strait of Hormuz<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>US president calls on US ally to \u2018behave \u2026 or else we\u2019ll have to blow them up\u2019 in casual aside during cabinet meeting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Donald Trump has threatened to \u201cblow up\u201d Oman if it fails to \u201cbehave\u201d in a casual aside during a cabinet meeting, as the US scrambles to reopen the strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/us-israel-war-on-iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">US-Israel war on Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe strait is going to be open to everybody,\u201d Trump declared on Tuesday. \u201cNobody\u2019s going to control it. We\u2019re going to watch over it. We\u2019ll watch over it. But nobody\u2019s going to control it. That\u2019s part of the negotiation that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"a49348fc-bb92-418e-8d00-d51074cfbf83\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-47fhrn\">\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-3 | 3\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-name=\"placeholder\" class=\"dcr-1kyw41h\">\n<div data-format-theme=\"5\" data-format-design=\"0\" data-format-display=\"0\" class=\"dcr-ak3j0c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/27\/trump-cabinet-camp-david-washington-iran\" class=\"dcr-1m887w9\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-ut4tvs\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1h5b6rb\">\n<div class=\"dcr-169d7yv\">Trump accuses Iran of stalling peace deal to \u2018out-wait\u2019 him until US midterms<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-eurq8n\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fkf7vq\">Read more<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The strait \u2013 which typically carries about a fifth of the world\u2019s oil supplies \u2013 has been blockaded by Iran since late February, triggering a global energy crisis and raising fears for the world economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Tehran wants to persuade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/oman\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Oman<\/a>, a US ally, to support a mechanism to collect tolls from vessels transiting through the strait, the Associated Press has reported in recent days, citing a regional official.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThey would like to control it,\u201d said Trump, who stressed the strait is part of international waters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In an extraordinary threat, he added: \u201cOman will behave just like everybody else. Or else we\u2019ll have to blow them up. They understand that. They\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Trump\u2019s efforts in recent weeks to strike a peace deal with Iran have so far failed to bear fruit. During Wednesday\u2019s meeting, he accused Iran of trying to stall the agreement and \u201coutwait me\u201d until November\u2019s midterm elections in the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">When Trump signaled he was on the verge of a deal at the weekend, Republican hawks who had strongly backed his controversial decision to order war on Iran alongside Israel issued a rare rebuke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Roger Wicker, who chairs the Senate armed services committee, said the \u201crumored 60-day ceasefire\u201d would be a \u201cdisaster\u201d in a post on social media. \u201cEverything accomplished by Operation Epic Fury would be for naught,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1rrvs2w\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-foreign-policy\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US foreign policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-politics\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/world\/us-israel-war-on-iran\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US-Israel war on Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/world\/oman\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Oman<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/world\/strait-of-hormuz\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-nu129i\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Trump%20threatens%20to%20%E2%80%98blow%20up%E2%80%99%20Oman%20amid%20talks%20over%20strait%20of%20Hormuz&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/27\/donald-trump-oman-threat-strait-hormuz?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-125qj9d\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zhx6xs\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fmay%2F27%2Fdonald-trump-oman-threat-strait-hormuz&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/may\/27\/donald-trump-oman-threat-strait-hormuz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-14rjinq\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:right-column\" data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1h2hraq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tn16h9\">\n<section class=\"dcr-1hko8ef\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday. 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