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Trump Threatens To ‘Blow Up’ Oman (S01E78)
Thursday, May 28, 2026, Istanbul
It was one of the nastiest and most uncalled for moments in Donald Trump’s unhinged second term.
In the middle of a press briefing at a cabinet Trump threatened to “blow up” Oman if it didn’t do the Americans’ bidding on the Strait of Hormuz.
It was a deranged outburst that is part of a pattern of Trump attacking the countries attempting to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran war.
It also shows the childish way that Trump sees war. In reality might not only does not make right, it sometimes leads to defeats. Just because the US and Israel blew up more stuff…
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