Pakistani officials have clearly appealed to Trump’s sensibilities, first with words and then with offers: of access to rare earths, investments in cryptocurrency, and, most recently, the offer of a port facility on the Arabian Sea. To the Trump administration, these developments suggest a positive shift.
U.S.-Pakistan relations are undergoing a significant shift in President Donald Trump’s second term, which seemed to begin in the spring—shortly after a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir triggered a conflict between India and Pakistan. Trump asserted that he had played a critical role in ending the crisis, and Islamabad lauded his supposed intervention.
U.S.-Pakistan relations are undergoing a significant shift in President Donald Trump’s second term, which seemed to begin in the spring—shortly after a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir triggered a conflict between India and Pakistan. Trump asserted that he had played a critical role in ending the crisis, and Islamabad lauded his supposed intervention.
Pakistani officials have clearly appealed to Trump’s sensibilities, first with words and then with offers: of access to r
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