Trump, Pakistan and Shehbaz Sharif
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President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan's prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, for talks Thursday at the White House in the latest sign of warming relations between the United States and the South Asian nuclear power.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir met with U.S. President Donald J. Trump at the Oval Office today. The Prime Minister lauded President Trump's "bold, courageous and decisive leadership" for facilitating the Pakistan-India ceasefire and… pic.twitter.com/Xy5hHsl2Nk
The irony is that Trump clearly sees Pakistan as useful. His administration has been leaning on Islamabad to help with post-war planning in Gaza, to serve as a bridge to Gulf Arab opinion, and even to explore logistical cooperation over Afghanistan.