Financial Times: “Two years ago, Donald Trump’s family business said the $500mn luxury hotel and golf resort it was jointly launching in Oman would elevate the Gulf nation’s ‘status as a premier global destination.'”
“Fast forward to last week, and the U.S. president was threatening to bomb the country.”
“Initially, some in Muscat believed Trump had misspoken, and must have meant Iran, before the US state department posted a video of him warning Oman to ‘behave like everybody else or we’ll have to blow them up.'”
“The extraordinary outburst against a longtime U.S. ally that has served as a regional mediator for years was fuelled by Trump’s suspicion that the Gulf nation supported Iran’s push to levy charges on vessels navigating the Strait of Hormuz.”
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