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President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0on Monday said the U.S. would \u201cbomb\u201d Oman if the Gulf nation \u201cgets in the way,\u201d as Washington\u2019s 60-day ceasefire with Iran expires with no official negotiations or deal in sight.<\/p>\n Oman has been locked in talks with Tehran over the Strait of Hormuz to reopen the strategically critical waterway to commercial transit, as the U.S. maintains its blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n Iran has continued to deny any direct negotiations with the U.S. Trump said Monday that informal talks are taking place with Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard, but insisted the U.S. is in no rush to make a deal.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re good poker players, but they\u2019re dying,\u201d Trump told Fox News, referring to the influential Iranian military branch. \u201cI have no time schedule. I\u2019m not in a hurry.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cIf Oman gets in the way, we\u2019ll bomb the s— out of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Also on Monday, Trump reiterated the U.S. stance that Iran must agree to give up on possessing nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n \u201cThe number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon,\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n It came after shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a halt over the weekend ahead of the expiry date of the 60-day ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran on Monday, with no official negotiations or deal in sight.<\/p>\n Only three ships passed through the critical oil passage Sunday, according to\u00a0data from Kpler<\/a>. The five-day average for transits stands at 12. Around 130 vessels crossed Hormuz daily before the war started on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nHormuz traffic grinds to a halt<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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