Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it gets in way of Iran deal

US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran to surrender.

"If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the shit out of them," Trump told Fox 
News journalist Trey Yingst, referring to ongoing talks between Oman and Iran on control of the strait, while Washington is also pursuing its own talks.

Trump also said that Iran should "put up the white flag of surrender," 
according to Yingst's post on X on his interview with the president.

The US president delivered the threat as he struggles to draw the conflict to a conclusion, almost six months after it was launched.

While Trump has repeatedly claimed the war would end “soon”, and talked up the prospect of a lasting peace deal in recent months, such a breakthrough has yet to materialise.

The strait of Hormuz – a crucial chokepoint for global trade, through which about a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil supplies typically pass – has been all but closed since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran in February.

Iran is to the north of the strait. Oman is to the south. The two countries have been in talks over control of the strait.

The threat comes after Trump also threatened to declare the strait of Hormuz as “a territory of the United States” during a speech on Friday.