WASHINGTON – Leading US newspaper, The New York Times says President Trumphas attacked a variety of countries in Twitter posts by urging protestersto overthrow the Iranian government, threatening to blow up North Korea andcalling for cuts in aid to the Palestinians.
In article of Chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe for The New YorkTimes Steven Erlanger said that Trump’s Twitter Threats Put AmericanCredibility on the Line.
It said Donald Trump following the same about Pakistan threatened ontwitter to suspend aid over the country’s ambiguous support for theAmerican battle against the Taliban.
Earlier, In one of his first calls with a foreign leader after beingelected, Trump spoke with former Pakistani prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, hesaid that he would love to come to a fantastic country, fantastic place offantastic people. Please convey to the Pakistani people that they areamazing and all Pakistanis I have known are exceptional people.
But recently, President Trump switched to threatening them, saying onTwitter that Pakistan had “given us nothing but lies & deceit”.
The public humiliation outraged Islamabad, giving an opening to China,which moved within 24 hours to praise Pakistan’s fight against terrorism.
Pakistan then agreed to adopt the Chinese currency for transactions, toimprove bilateral trade.
It said that this act is Pushing Pakistan into an exclusive relationshipwith China.