President Trump Blames Pakistan for Spreading Terrorism
Trump says that Pakistan is giving safe haven to the terrorists that America wants to capture in Afghanistan.
By Rakesh Raman
The U.S. President Donald Trump today targeted Pakistan for spreading terrorism. In a hard-hitting early morning tweet, Trump not only blamed Pakistan, but he also attacked his predecessors for helping Pakistan while the Muslim-majority nation, according to Trump, has done little to curb terrorism.
“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,” Trump said.
He added that Pakistan is giving safe haven to the terrorists that America wants to capture in Afghanistan.
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
RMN News Service cannot independently confirm Trump’s claims including facts and figures that he gives.
Trump also hinted that he will stop financial aid to Pakistan. “No more!” he said with a usual exclamation mark at the end of his tweet.
Pakistan, however, claims that it is doing a lot to combat and check terrorism. Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad, for example, is a joint effort by the Pakistani military and law-enforcement agencies to arrest terrorists.
The operation, according to Pakistan, is aimed at eliminating the threat of terrorism, and is an extension of operation Zarb-i-Azb which was launched in 2014 as a joint military offensive.
By Rakesh Raman, who is a national award-winning journalist and social activist. Besides working at senior editorial positions with leading media companies, he was writing an exclusive edit-page tech business column (named Technophile) regularly for The Financial Express (a daily business newspaper of The Indian Express Group).
Earlier, he had been associated with the United Nations (UN) through United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a digital media expert to help businesses use technology for brand marketing and business development. He also runs a free school for deserving children under his NGO – RMN Foundation.
