The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated this Monday that he could manage "very easily" the authorities of Oman, a country that acts as an interlocutor with Iran regarding the management of the Strait of Hormuz, just hours after threatening to attack Omani territory if it "interferes" with his plans.
"I don't think they have behaved very well, but we would handle them very easily, just like we do with other things," he assured in statements to the press from the White House.
Before reporters, the leader reiterated that Iran would be willing to reach an agreement to end the tensions in the area, although he specified that "they are not going to reach the kind of agreement" that he considers "necessary." With this, he again marked distances regarding the conditions that Washington demands from Tehran.
In the same appearance, he defended that declaring the Strait of Hormuz as U.S. territory is "a great idea," thus resuming the promise he made last Friday to do so once he defeated Iran.
"I like the idea of declaring it territory. We have total control of the strait. Now, they can be a nuisance, they can place mines in the water, but the blockade has been very effective," he added.
Hours earlier, Trump had issued a direct military threat against Oman, which until now had remained as a mediator, warning of the consequences of obstructing U.S. objectives in the region.
"If Oman gets in our way, we are going to bomb them to dust," warned the head of the White House, emphasizing that for the moment the U.S. military has not fully engaged in the region and has only used a "insignificant" amount of weaponry.
These words come just as the 60-day deadline that the United States and Iran had set to close a global agreement aimed at ending the war in the Middle East has expired, which was also supposed to include provisions to oversee the Iranian nuclear program.
In any case, the truce and the memorandum of understanding that supported it came to nothing just a few weeks after its signing, in mid-June, when Washington resumed military attacks against Iran citing violations by Tehran.