“The single biggest problem we have is nuclear weapons”, says Trump.
AB Wire
In response to a question on how he would deal with countries like Pakistan, which has sometimes “double dealt” with the US, the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump described Pakistan as “semi-unstable” and hinted that he may seek the help from India and other countries to address the ‘problem’ of nuclear-armed Pakistan.
“We’ve given them (Pakistan) money and they’ve double dealt us,” the interviewer said.
“Yes, but the problem with Pakistan, where they have nuclear weapons — which is a real problem,” Trump said.
“The single biggest problem we have is nuclear weapons, you know, countries with them. And it’s not only a country, you have nine countries right now with nuclear weapons.
“But Pakistan is semi-unstable. We don’t want to see total instability. It’s not that much, relatively speaking. We have a little bit of a good relationship. I think I’d try and keep it,” said Trump.
“It is very much against my grain to say that, but a country — and that’s always the country, I think, you know, we give them money and we help them out, but if we don’t, I think that would go on the other side of the ledger and that could really be a disaster,” Trump said, without explaining what that disaster would be.
“At the same time, if you look at India and some of the others, maybe they’ll be helping us out, because we’re going to look at it. We have many, many countries that we give a lot of money to and we get absolutely nothing in return and that’s going to stop fast,” Trump said.
Trump’s remarks came on the same day when US lawmakers urged President Obama to review the decision to sell General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon to Pakistan.
“We’ve got to be concerned what military assistance and whether the F-16’s constitute the least expensive, most efficient way for the Pakistani air force to go after the terrorists and the least disruptive weapon system to the balance of power between India and Pakistan. We need to offer to Pakistan those weapon systems well-crafted to go after terrorists and not crafted for a war with India”, Congress men Brad Sherman said during a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
(With Agency Inputs)