"We paid Pak billions and they never told us Osama was living there... Fools": Donald Trump continues explosive war of words with Imran Khan

Diving headfirst in the war of words, the President of the United States, Donald Trump has taken forward the Twitter spat with the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan. Yet again blaming the country for harbouring the world’s most wanted terrorist at one time, Osama bin Laden, and even garnered an instant response from Khan. Launching a solid feud between the United States and Pakistan, Trump brought to everyone’s notice how he pointed Bin Laden out before the Twin Tower attack and blamed Pakistan for letting him live under their nose inside the country. He also went ahead to call the Pakistan government ‘fools’ READ| Pakistan Will Not Fight Others' War On Terror, Says Imran Khan, PM Of Country That Harboured Osama Bin Laden He proclaimed how the United States refuses to pay billions to India’s neighbour as there is nothing in return. Claiming Pakistan to be one of those countries who gave nothing in return, even cited Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan as an example. 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 ....We no longer pay Pakistan the $Billions because they would take our money and do nothing for us, Bin Laden being a prime example, Afghanistan being another. They were just one of many countries that take from the United States without giving anything in return. That’s ENDING! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2018 To this, Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan immediately responded accusing Trump of “false assertions” and said that he needs to be informed about historical facts. 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 chain of conversation was initiated by Donald Trump in his interview to Fox News, where the US President defended the cutting of military aid to Pakistan, denouncing it for consenting 9/11 mastermind Bin Laden to reside in Abbottabad. READ| Shahid Afridi Hits Imran Khan For Six Over Kashmir, Says 'Pakistan Can't Even Control Four Provinces' To which, Khan responded with a series of tweets earlier on Monday asking the United States that instead of making Pakistan a scapegoat of their failures, the United States should seriously assess why Taliban is still stronger than ever. 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 Describing Bin Laden's lodgings in his final years, Trump said, "You know, living – think of this – living in Pakistan, beautifully in Pakistan in what I guess they considered a nice mansion, I don’t know, I’ve seen nicer." Trump also remarked on how Bin Laden's compound was right next to a Pakistani military outpost, saying, "But living in Pakistan right next to the military academy, everybody in Pakistan knew he was there. And we give Pakistan $1.3 billion a year.... [bin Laden] lived in Pakistan, we’re supporting Pakistan, we’re giving them $1.3 billion a year -- which we don’t give them any more by the way. I ended it because they don’t do anything for us, they don’t do a damn thing for us." This Twitter battle between Pakistan and the United States, speak volumes of the changing allies and world orders around the global political spectrum.

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"We paid Pak billions and they never told us Osama was living there... Fools": Donald Trump continues explosive war of words with Imran Khan

the President of the United States, Donald Trump has taken forward the Twitter spat with the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan. Yet again blaming the country for harbouring the world’s most wanted terrorist at one time, Osama bin Laden.

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