Trump Voices Support for Pakistan, Offers to Step Into Escalating Conflict

US president calls Pakistan’s airstrikes “extraordinary,” voices support for its leadership, and says he may intervene in escalating conflict.

Donald Trump described Pakistan’s recent airstrikes against Taliban positions as “extraordinary,” while responding to reporters’ questions about the escalating clashes between Islamabad and the Taliban.

Trump praised Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief calling them “great leaders” and saying he holds them in high respect.