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Trump said Pak gave ‘nothing but lies'. So why is he rewarding it?
Trump said Pak gave 'nothing but lies'. So why is he rewarding it?
Sachin Parasher
TNN
May 30, 2025, 17:20 IST IST
Despite once slamming Pakistan for deceit and terror links, Trump's muddled response to India's Operation Sindoor — from backing Modi to proposing mediation — risks alienating a key US ally and reviving Cold War-era hyphenation that India rejects outright
Not even one year into his first term as president, Donald Trump famously said that the US foolishly gave Pakistan more than $33bn in aid over 15 years, and all Pakistan gave in return was nothing but lies and deceit, thinking of 'our leaders as fools'. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, added Trump in a post on what was then called Twitter.
Cut to 2025 and probe how Trump, more confident and uncompromising in his second term, fared in dealing with India's Operation Sindoor that, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, set out a new normal — nuclear blackmail won't shield terrorists and Pakistan Army will have hell to pay the next time it uses its terror toolkit against India.
