Trump: Pakistan Has 'Given Us Nothing But Lies And Deceit'
President Trump took aim at Pakistan in a tweet on Monday.
President Trump lashed out at Pakistan in one of his first tweets of 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 & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools," Trump wrote on Monday. "They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!"
His tweet comes days after a New York Times story on the insufficient cooperation by Pakistani authorities on counterterrorism operations.
"The Trump administration is strongly considering whether to withhold $255 million in aid that it had delayed sending to Islamabad, according to American officials, as a show of dissatisfaction with Pakistan's broader intransigence toward confronting the terrorist networks that operate there," the Times reported.
Trump expressed his frustration with Pakistan in an August address as well.
"We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting. But that will have to change, and that will change immediately," Trump said. "No partnership can survive a country's harboring of militants and terrorists who target U.S. servicemembers and officials. It is time for Pakistan to demonstrate its commitment to civilization, order, and to peace."
President Trump lashed out at Pakistan in one of his first tweets of 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 & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools," Trump wrote on Monday. "They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!"
His tweet comes days after a New York Times story on the insufficient cooperation by Pakistani authorities on counterterrorism operations.
"The Trump administration is strongly considering whether to withhold $255 million in aid that it had delayed sending to Islamabad, according to American officials, as a show of dissatisfaction with Pakistan's broader intransigence toward confronting the terrorist networks that operate there," the Times reported.
Trump expressed his frustration with Pakistan in an August address as well.
"We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting. But that will have to change, and that will change immediately," Trump said. "No partnership can survive a country's harboring of militants and terrorists who target U.S. servicemembers and officials. It is time for Pakistan to demonstrate its commitment to civilization, order, and to peace."
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