Pakistan thinks US leaders are fools, only gave us 'lies and deceit': Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump on Monday remarked that US has ‘foolishly’ given aid to Pakistan over the course of 15 years and Pakistan has been deceitful by providing safe havens to ‘terrorists’ from Afghanistan.
Responding to Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor’s briefing, Trump said:
The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2018
“The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!,” Trump tweeted saying.
The Pakistan Army while rejecting the Trump administration’s pressure to do more in the fight against terrorism, insisted that Pakistan had done enough and could not do more for anyone.
Pakistan has done enough for everyone, will not do more: DG ISPR
In what appears to be a policy decision, the unusually candid statement – coming from Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, the chief military spokesperson – suggests that Pakistan would not accept any further US demands – something that can potentially unravel ties between Islamabad and Washington.
In recent weeks, senior Trump administration officials have repeatedly called on Pakistan to demonstrate that it was sincere in tackling the problem of terrorism.
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