Imran Khan took to Twitter the next morning to fend off the attack, picking apart Trump’s allegation point by point.
Imran Khan took to Twitter the next morning to fend off the attack, picking apart Trump’s allegation point by point.
Earlier this week, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and US President Donald Trump engaged in a war of words on Twitter.
Speaking to Fox News in an interview that aired on Sunday, Trump defended his decision to stop military aid to Pakistan by claiming that Pakistan does not to “a damn thing” for the United States and that Bin Laden was hidden with the help of its government.
Imran Khan took to Twitter the next morning to fend off the attack, picking apart Trump’s allegation point by point.
Record needs to be put straight on Mr Trump's tirade against Pakistan: 1. No Pakistani was involved in 9/11 but Pak decided to participate in US War on Terror. 2. Pakistan suffered 75,000 casualties in this war & over $123 bn was lost to economy. US "aid" was a miniscule $20 bn.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 19, 2018
3. Our tribal areas were devastated & millions of ppl uprooted from their homes. The war drastically impacted lives of ordinary Pakistanis. 4. Pak continues to provide free lines of ground & air communications(GLOCs/ALOCs).Can Mr Trump name another ally that gave such sacrifices?
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 19, 2018
Instead of making Pakistan a scapegoat for their failures, the US should do a serious assessment of why, despite 140000 NATO troops plus 250,000 Afghan troops & reportedly $1 trillion spent on war in Afghanistan, the Taliban today are stronger than before.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 19, 2018
Trump, not one to be called out on social media, pounced back on Twitter, referring to Pakistan as “fools”, and claiming that despite giving Pakistan “Billions of Dollars”, Pakistan do nothing for the United States and give nothing in return.
Of course we should have captured Osama Bin Laden long before we did. I pointed him out in my book just BEFORE the attack on the World Trade Center. President Clinton famously missed his shot. We paid Pakistan Billions of Dollars & they never told us he was living there. Fools!..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2018
Imran Khan responded in less than an hour, saying that Trump’s “false assertions” add “insult to the injury (Pakistan) has suffered”, continuing that Pakistan will now prioritise their own peoples and interests.
Trump’s false assertions add insult to the injury Pak has suffered in US WoT in terms of lives lost & destabilised & economic costs. He needs to be informed abt historical facts. Pak has suffered enough fighting US's war. Now we will do what is best for our people & our interests
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 19, 2018
The Trump administration cancelled $300m in military aid to the country in September, citing the failure of the country to act against terrorist groups still active in the country.
