Trump's new threat: Blow up Oman

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Published 12.13

US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House in Washington DC on Wednesday. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP/TT

US President Donald Trump warns Oman not to "get involved" in the issue of the Strait of Hormuz. Otherwise, bombardment awaits.

The Strait of Hormuz should be open to everyone and the United States should "watch over" the traffic, Trump claimed during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday.

Then came a warning to Oman, which Iranian media had claimed earlier in the day would handle shipping traffic in the strait together with Iran.

- Oman should handle itself, just like everyone else, otherwise we will have to blow them up, said the president.

Oman is at least the 15th country that Trump has either threatened to attack, opened up about attacking, or actually attacked during his two terms in the White House, CNN notes.