Trump’s Bombing Threats Have a Golf Course Problem
Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Asaad Tariq Taimur al-Said (left) and US President Donald Trump attend a Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Riyadh on May 14, 2025.Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. On Monday morning, President Donald Trump issued a blunt warning to America’s erstwhile ally: “If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them.” It was another one of his un-diplomatic jabs at a longtime friend—this time for the possibility that Oman might prove helpful to Iran in ending the war. But if Trump’s aggressive, crude attitude towards an ally isn’t confusing enough, it’s also another example of how Trump’s sprawling efforts at personal enrichment since he returned to office have only made US foreign policy more complicated.
- ▪Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Asaad Tariq Taimur al-Said (left) and US President Donald Trump attend a Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Riyadh on May 14, 2025.Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned
- ▪On Monday morning, President Donald Trump issued a blunt warning to America’s erstwhile ally: “If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them.” It was another one of his un-diplomatic jabs at a longtime friend—this time for the po
- ▪But if Trump’s aggressive, crude attitude towards an ally isn’t confusing enough, it’s also another example of how Trump’s sprawling efforts at personal enrichment since he returned to office have only made US foreign policy more complicate
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Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Asaad Tariq Taimur al-Said (left) and US President Donald Trump attend a Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Riyadh on May 14, 2025.Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Monday morning, President Donald Trump issued a blunt warning to America’s erstwhile ally: “If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them.” It was another one of his un-diplomatic jabs at a longtime friend—this time for the possibility that Oman might prove helpful to Iran in ending the war.
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