Fox anchor stunned by Trump's threat to blow up Oman: “Not quite sure what that was all about”
John Roberts: “President Trump became the first American president that I know of to ever threaten to take military action against Oman”
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From the May 27, 2026, edition of Fox News' America Reports
JOHN ROBERTS (CO-ANCHOR): The president insisting that there has been regime change in Iran. The only problem, yes, you've changed the leaders, but still the basic theocracy is still in place there. And in the middle of all that, and it really kind of went unnoticed by the reporters, that President Trump became the first American president that I know of to ever threaten to take military action against Oman, saying that they have to behave like everyone else or we're going to blow them up. Not quite sure what that was all about. ... Peter, what were your takeaways from this, other than that not so veiled threat against the country of Oman, with which the United States has had a traditionally peaceful relationship.