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Imran-Trump mtg at UNGA.
ARY? Journo: for the 1st time we get honest leadership like u in America.
Trump: I agree w/ u...Ppl in my position hv treated Pakistan v badly...I wouldn't say Pak has treated us too well either but maybe there was a reason. I think there was a reason 1/
ARY? Journo: for the 1st time we get honest leadership like u in America.
Trump: I agree w/ u...Ppl in my position hv treated Pakistan v badly...I wouldn't say Pak has treated us too well either but maybe there was a reason. I think there was a reason 1/
Imran-Trump mtg at UNGA.
ARY Journo: in the past u hv said u don't trust Pakistan...
Trump: I trust Pakistan, but ppl before me didn't. But they didn't know what they were doing...I trust this gentleman right here. 2/
ARY Journo: in the past u hv said u don't trust Pakistan...
Trump: I trust Pakistan, but ppl before me didn't. But they didn't know what they were doing...I trust this gentleman right here. 2/
Imran-Trump mtg at UNGA.
Trump...& I do trust Pak. I hv a lot of Pakistani friends, living in NY, great negotiators btw...among the toughest. 3/
Trump...& I do trust Pak. I hv a lot of Pakistani friends, living in NY, great negotiators btw...among the toughest. 3/
Imran-Trump mtg at UNGA.
Trump: It's all going to work out, but if I can help I'd like to help. But I don't think u've ever had a president who's felt the way I do - in a positive way - about Pakistan. 4/
Trump: It's all going to work out, but if I can help I'd like to help. But I don't think u've ever had a president who's felt the way I do - in a positive way - about Pakistan. 4/
Imran-Trump mtg at UNGA.
Trump: ...but I also hv a v good rel w/ India. I have a good rel w/ both [India & Pakistan]. So if they decide to use that feeling among both, I think we can help out...But this has been going on for a long time 5/
Trump: ...but I also hv a v good rel w/ India. I have a good rel w/ both [India & Pakistan]. So if they decide to use that feeling among both, I think we can help out...But this has been going on for a long time 5/
Imran-Trump mtg at UNGA.
Journo: [Modi] alleged that Pakistan is a haven of terrorism. Do you endorse that or do u disagree...?
Trump: well, I hv really been pointing much more to Iran...Iran's really the no. 1 state of terror in the world 6/
Journo: [Modi] alleged that Pakistan is a haven of terrorism. Do you endorse that or do u disagree...?
Trump: well, I hv really been pointing much more to Iran...Iran's really the no. 1 state of terror in the world 6/
Imran-Trump mtg @ UNGA
Journo: r u happy w the progress Pakistan has made countering terrorism, partic. in the Indian..
DJT: I've heard they've made great progress & under this leader, he's a great leader. I think he wants to make gr8 progress.There's no solution the other way 7/
Journo: r u happy w the progress Pakistan has made countering terrorism, partic. in the Indian..
DJT: I've heard they've made great progress & under this leader, he's a great leader. I think he wants to make gr8 progress.There's no solution the other way 7/
Imran-Trump mtg @ UNGA
Trump:...The other way [terrorism] is only going to lead to death & chaos & poverty. It's all it's going to lead to. The PM understands this. 8/
Trump:...The other way [terrorism] is only going to lead to death & chaos & poverty. It's all it's going to lead to. The PM understands this. 8/
Imran-Trump mtg @ UNGA
Journo: are u concerned abt the human rights situation in Kashmir?
Trump: about which?...sure. I'd like to think everything work out. I want it to be humane. I want everyone to be treated well. 9/
Journo: are u concerned abt the human rights situation in Kashmir?
Trump: about which?...sure. I'd like to think everything work out. I want it to be humane. I want everyone to be treated well. 9/
Imran-Trump mtg @ UNGA
Trump: U hv 2 big countries & they're warring countries & they've been fighting. I mean I heard a v aggressive stmt yday...I was there. I didn't know I was going to hear that stmt, I hv to say...from India, from the PM... 10/
Trump: U hv 2 big countries & they're warring countries & they've been fighting. I mean I heard a v aggressive stmt yday...I was there. I didn't know I was going to hear that stmt, I hv to say...from India, from the PM... 10/
Imran-Trump mtg @ UNGA
Trump: [Modi's "v aggressive stmt"] was v well rec'd within the room...That was a big room. There were 59,000 ppl. But it was a v aggressive stmt & I hope [India & Pak'll] be able to come together & do sthg that's really smart for both 11/
Trump: [Modi's "v aggressive stmt"] was v well rec'd within the room...That was a big room. There were 59,000 ppl. But it was a v aggressive stmt & I hope [India & Pak'll] be able to come together & do sthg that's really smart for both 11/
Imran-Trump mtg @ UNGA
Journo: If u can solve this outstanding issue of Kashmir, v likely & definitely u will be deserving a Nobel Prize
Trump: I think I'm going to get a Nobel Prize for a lot of things if they gave it out fairly, which they don't. They gave one to Obama... 12/
Journo: If u can solve this outstanding issue of Kashmir, v likely & definitely u will be deserving a Nobel Prize
Trump: I think I'm going to get a Nobel Prize for a lot of things if they gave it out fairly, which they don't. They gave one to Obama... 12/
Imran-Trump mtg @ UNGA
DJT: Out of my respect for ur PM, I'll say: many countries wanted to meet w/ me, us, the US during this v short 3 day period & we were unable to meet w many of them. 1 of the countries I wanted to meet w/ was Pakistan & ur PM & it's an honor to be here 13/
DJT: Out of my respect for ur PM, I'll say: many countries wanted to meet w/ me, us, the US during this v short 3 day period & we were unable to meet w many of them. 1 of the countries I wanted to meet w/ was Pakistan & ur PM & it's an honor to be here 13/
Imran-Trump mtg @ UNGA
DJT (after criticizing US press & praising Pakistani press in the room's establishment nature):
You have a great leader & he's a good man. He's a nice man. Happens to be a great athlete, not that that matters but it's always nice 14/
DJT (after criticizing US press & praising Pakistani press in the room's establishment nature):
You have a great leader & he's a good man. He's a nice man. Happens to be a great athlete, not that that matters but it's always nice 14/
Earlier in IK-Trump mtg
(Journo asks abt mediating Kashmir)
DJT: If I can help, I wld certainly do that. It will be dependent on both of these gentlemen. 1 w/o other doesn't work if ur going to do mediation or an arbitration. But certainly I'd be willing to help if both want 15/
(Journo asks abt mediating Kashmir)
DJT: If I can help, I wld certainly do that. It will be dependent on both of these gentlemen. 1 w/o other doesn't work if ur going to do mediation or an arbitration. But certainly I'd be willing to help if both want 15/
Imran-Trump mtg @ UNGA
Trump (on mediation): If both Pakistan would say & India wanted me to do that, I am ready, willing & able. It's a complex issue, it's been going on for a long time. But if both wanted it, I'd be ready to do it. 16/
Trump (on mediation): If both Pakistan would say & India wanted me to do that, I am ready, willing & able. It's a complex issue, it's been going on for a long time. But if both wanted it, I'd be ready to do it. 16/
DJT on I-P: Hv to hv 2 parties that want to agree. If/when they come & at some pnt India may come. I hv a v good rel w/ PM Modi. I hv a v good rel w/ PM Khan. & if at any time they say "we hv some points that we can maybe iron out" I think I'd be an extremely good arbitrator 17/
Imran-Trump mtg @ UNGA.
Trump turned to Imran & delivered what seemed to be his bottomline on the mediation question:
"If I can help, let me know. But you'd have to have the assent from the other side" 18/18
Trump turned to Imran & delivered what seemed to be his bottomline on the mediation question:
"If I can help, let me know. But you'd have to have the assent from the other side" 18/18
[As an aside: The questions from Pakistani journalists present were so targeted, estb-friendly, & one-track minded that at one point Trump asked a journo, "are you a member of [Imran's] team or..."
& then later he asked Imran approvingly, "where do you find reporters like this"]
& then later he asked Imran approvingly, "where do you find reporters like this"]
Will GOI like Trump's praise of Imran? No. But I think they'll be glad he reiterated this bottomline repeatedly when asked about mediation.
(there's also an advantage to having the Modi-Trump UNGA mtg after this one)
(there's also an advantage to having the Modi-Trump UNGA mtg after this one)
Transcript of the Imran-Trump UNGA meeting. The takeaway for the US press seems to have been the Nobel Prize remarks.
whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…
whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…
A no. of Indian channels misinterpreting sthgs from Imran-Trump presser yday. Watch - not just read - it. DJT wasn't critical of these 2 things, as is being reported, but seemed impressed w/ them:
- Modi's "v aggressive stmt" & crowd reax
- "where do you find such journalists"
- Modi's "v aggressive stmt" & crowd reax
- "where do you find such journalists"
