After PM Imran Khan, US Citizens Also Clap Back At Donald Trump’s Anti-Pakistan Tweets

That Donald Trump is the most emotionally volatile and morally bankrupt leader that the free world has seen since Millard Fillmore is a bygone conclusion. In just over two years, the current US President has successfully offended the country’s staunchest western allies, shown  fondness for dictatorial regimes in North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Russia and to the world’s horror, caged immigrant children. At the domestic front, the US President has given exuberant tax cuts to the rich, removed millions of vulnerable US citizens from the security net and in doing so accelerated poverty in the United States like never before.

However, despite such a dismal performance at home and with regard to his foreign policy, the US President continues to inspire – what a millennial would call – face palm moments. His unfiltered arrogance has led him to call Botswana a shit-hole country,  left the country’s European partners red-faced  after pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal and called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “dishonest” and “weak.”

And as if the unnecessary New Year tirade against Pakistan was not enough, Trump returned with a sequel to his Pakistan-has-done-nothing-for-the-US mantra that no one really asked for. Unlike the two-tweet rant in January, Trump’s current episode of verbal diarrhea against Pakistan has gone on for two days now.

Read: Why The US Needs To Revisit Its Pakistan Policy ALREADY!

For once the Government of Pakistan did not take the unfair bashing silently and Prime Minister Imran Khan himself took to Twitter to set the record straight.

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’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

And while Pakistani citizens are cheering their Prime Minister for calling out Trump on his brashness, it seems that Pakistan is not alone in clapping back at the POTUS. The US President’s anti-Pakistan tweets offer a unique thread where US citizens are calling out on their President for double standards when dealing with Pakistan.

The most oft-repeated criticism springs from the United States’ continued close relations with Saudi Arabia.

You do business with Saudi Arabia. Bin laden is from there. You sure didn’t care about that.

— Rosalynn (@Carter19521) November 20, 2018

Nor care about the majority of the 9/11 attackers, 15 of the 19 were citizens of Saudi Arabia. I've always wondered why we didn't seem to care about that.

— Nomad (@AHavrilla) November 20, 2018

Then there are those who want to understand the Trump administration’s inability to capture ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

If it was so easy to find bin Laden, then why haven't you tracked down the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, or the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri?

— Trigger (@Trigger_Treats) November 20, 2018

https://twitter.com/VertigoOnTheGo/status/1064728574576549889

Americans are of course, flabbergasted at Trump’s ability – or lack of it – when dealing with sensitive international issues and actors.

https://twitter.com/GJameslorenzana/status/1064734464780062720

Actually, most of the news coverage is just revealing the stuff Trump doesn't want revealed, such as the negative impact of his policies and actions. For instance, American soldiers in Afghanistan could see their supplies cut off due to this move, but Trump didn't think of that.

— Cyril Kain (@KainCyril) November 20, 2018

No problem. China and Russia are more than happy to fill the void. While I understand the concept of disengagement. You have to also understand that there's other world powers that fully willing to step into the gap.

— thirdcoastmoto 🏴‍☠️ (@Thirdcoastmoto2) November 20, 2018

Going by the threads involving Donald Trump’s anti-Pakistan tweets, it seems that average American citizens are far more well-versed in history and the dynamics of foreign policy than the current occupant of the Oval Office. It is a shame that one of the most powerful men in the world is clueless when it comes to handling his country’s internal affairs and its relations with the outside world. Of course, the fact that he is also completely devoid of basic human decency does not help much.