Washington DC - President Donald Trump threatened to "bomb the s**t" out of Oman if it gets in the way of the US and Israel regarding the control over the Strait of Hormuz.

The comments were revealed by Fox News journalist Trey Yingst, who had spoken with the president over the phone from Tel Aviv and related the call to the hosts of Fox and Friends on Monday morning.

"I asked the president about these parallel talks that are taking place between Iran and Oman about control of the Strait of Hormuz, and the president told Fox News: 'If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the s**t out of them,'" Yingst explained.

According to Yingst, Trump also insisted that Iran should "put up the white flag of surrender" and submit to the US.

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"I have no time schedule – I'm not in a hurry," Trump reportedly said. "The midterms have nothing to do with my thinking… They're good poker players, but they're dying."

Trump's latest comments come as the war drags on across much of the region, with more civilians killed by Israeli attacks on Lebanon over the weekend. Oman, facing further economic losses due to the closure of Hormuz, has been in separate negotiations with Tehran.

On Friday, Trump insisted that "after we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated – pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strat a territory of the United States."

In response, Kazem Gharibabadi – Tehran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs – posted to X on Saturday that "the Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian."

"This strait will only be closed and opened under Iran's command, and as long as you do not accept the reality of defeat and cease your fanciful delusions, Iran will continue to enforce the blockade."