Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ US ally Oman if it does not ‘behave’ over strait of Hormuz | First Thing

Good morning. In a casual aside during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Donald Trump threatened to “blow up” Oman , a US ally, if it failed to “behave” over the reopening the strait of Hormuz. There have been reports of talks between Iran and Oman about jointly charging a toll for ships passing through the crucial waterway, which was open before US-Israel war on Iran but has been all but closed since. “The strait is going to be open to everybody,” Trump said. “Nobody’s going to control it. …