Trump escalates Hormuz standoff with threat of military strikes on Oman
President Donald Trump threatened military strikes against Oman if the country tried to interfere with the U.S. blockade of Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump issued a threat during a telephone interview with Fox News on August 17, warning that the U.S. would bomb Oman if it interfered with the blockade of Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The president stated that the naval blockade was exerting pressure on Iran, but did not provide a timeline for resolving the conflict.
On August 14, Trump announced his intention to declare the Strait of Hormuz as U.S. territory once the war with Iran concluded. He also claimed that the United States had imposed a blockade on the strait and would deny ships passage without U.S. permission. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth affirmed on August 13 that the U.S. military possessed sufficient resources to sustain the naval blockade indefinitely, with ships rotating through the area as required.
Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, asserted on August 12 that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until Iran’s demands for ending the war were met.
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