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Although the US and Pakistan have been an ally for ages, the dynamics between the two nations changed ever since Donald Trump came to power. Now, in a video doing rounds on social media, a Pakistani man had the sassiest reply to the POTUS who ranted about financial aid to the country. In the footage, the man is heard highlighting various instance to prove the penny-pinching mentality of the people. From plastic wrappers on items to reusing empty ice-cream boxes to store food, his on-point anecdotes about desi habits have left Twitterati laughing out loud.
Since January 2018, Donald Trump has strengthened the crackdown on Pakistan, accusing it of being a ‘safe haven for terrorist’. Trump complained on Twitter that Pakistan had “given us nothing but lies & deceit”. The POTUS had said,”The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years” and said it would not continue it any further.
Recently, according to a report by Reuters, Trump’s administration has quietly started cutting scores of Pakistani officers from coveted training and educational programmes that have been a hallmark of bilateral military relations for more than a decade.
